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From: vijay@bradley.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Getting UNIX time from the shell
Message-ID: <10800028@bradley>
Date: 14 Jun 89 15:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: bradley.UUCP!vijay    Jun 14 10:28:00 1989


Ihor Kinal writes:-->
>/* ---------- "Getting UNIX time from the shell" ---------- */
>Is there any way that I can use the date command to display the
>actual UNIX time???  

   [...]

>YES, I KNOW I CAN DO THIS WITH A SIMPLE 7 LINE C PROGRAM - BUT
>CAN I DO THIS WITH JUST SHELL COMMANDS??  

   [...]

>Ihor Kinal
>cbnewsh!ijk
>{att!violin!ijk}

You do not need to write a C program to do that. A one liner
shell command will do it for you (In C Shell or Bourne Shell).
All you need is :
   
                  date | cut -f4,5 -d" "

That will give you the time. If it's a hassle having to
type that command whenever you want the time, add this to your
.profile :

           time=`date | cut -f4,5 -d" "`
           export time

or if you are using C shell, add this to your .login :

           setenv time `date | cut -f4,5 -d" "`  

Or alternatively you can create a shell file called time
with the command 

               date | cut -f4,5 -d" "

Then make that file executable and you will be set.
 
Take your pick......


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