> > I need to format the current date ... to the pattern > > m-d-yyyy ... date(1) seems to always put leading zeros. > > # date "+%m-%d-%Y" | sed 's/^0//g' > 8-30-2008
Not quite. That fixes the month, but not the day: $ echo 02-04-2008 | sed 's/^0//g' 2-04-2008 (The g does nothing, because the ^ can match only at the beginning of a line.) This does both: $ echo 02-04-2008 | sed -e 's/^0//' -e 's/-0*/-/' 2-4-2008 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
