defining string for date in YYMMDD format

[starlite79]

Hi,

I am writing a kshell script to wget a bunch of files that have a nameYYMMDDname.data format. I attempted to define a string for the YYMMDD part as follows using strftime

# Define a string for the YYMMDD part of the filename.

s=strftime('%y%m%d')

Next I defined the filename as such:

file="name"$s"data.data"

But the script fails at the strftime part (unexpected '( 'error). Do I need to include C library(ies) somehow? Is there another way to define this? I may just have to say wget *.data, but I was hoping for a more elegant approach.

 

[KevinADC]

This is the perl forum

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[starlite79]

My apologies. I had Perl on my mind when I posted this.