system date

[sabetik]

Is there a way to print system date?

 

[feherke]

Hi

What ?

awk 'BEGIN { print strftime("%c") }'

Feherke.

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[PHV]

strftime is a GNU extension.
One more concentional way:
awk 'BEGIN{"date"|getline;print}'

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[sabetik]

How can use in printf function:

printf ("date:, strftime(%c), \n") > "test.xls"

getting error message.

thanks again

 

[PHV]

You wanted this ?
awk 'BEGIN{printf("date: %s\n",strftime("%c"))}'

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[marsd]

gawk ' BEGIN {printf("Date: %s\n",strftime("%c"))}'
OR-
awk ' BEGIN {"date +%c" | getline out ;printf("Date: %s\n",out);}'

And really..shouldn't everyone who can be using gawk by
now?