Ick. If you want to shell program you should just program shell. How about:
my $log="/tmp/ito.log"; open LOG, ">$log"; chomp (my $date = scalar localtime); print LOG "[$date] Warning: some text\n"; On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 06:43 PM, kent ho wrote: > Please help. I want to expand the "date" command in the echo command: > > Ex: > > $log="/tmp/ito.log" > `echo Warning: some text > $log` > > I need to expand the "date" command somewhere in this echo command, > please > show me how. > > Thanks, > > kent > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > // George Schlossnagle // Principal Consultant // OmniTI, Inc http://www.omniti.com // (c) 240.460.5234 (e) [EMAIL PROTECTED] // 1024D/1100A5A0 1370 F70A 9365 96C9 2F5E 56C2 B2B9 262F 1100 A5A0
