Date in e-mail 1

[EdRev]

I have an FTP process that sends an e-mail confirmation:

mailx -s "File Transferred" -r username receipient@someco.com < sometext.txt

or

mailx -s "No File Transferred" -r username receipient@someco.com < othertext.txt

In the sometext/othertext.txt, I woukld like to put the date. Something like this:

(No) files were created on : $date

How can I pass the date into the text file?
How can I add the date on my subject - "No Files Transferred"

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Ghodmode]

if [ "$FILES_CREATED" -gt 0 ]
then
    echo "The files were created on `date`" >> someone.txt
else
    echo "No files were created on `date`" >> someone.txt
fi

mailx -s "File Transferred: `date`" -r username receipient@someco.com < sometext.txt

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[EdRev]

Thanks to your immediate response.

I tried this:

mailx -s "File Transferred: `date`" -r username receipient@someco.com < sometext.txt

but it just added the text 'date' on the e-mail subject. ( is that a single quote enclosing the date?)

I haven't tried this yet:

echo "The files were created on `date`" >> someone.txt

as I am having difficulty editing the ftp program file using vi editor - whatever keystroke I press it does something different on the file

 

[Ghodmode]

the command date is enclosed in back quotes. This is on the same key as the tilde (~)

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