111114 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:06:04 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> To convert a UNIX date to a human-readable version the command is : >> 556: ~> date -d @1321251520 >> Mon Nov 14 01:18:40 EST 2011 >> I would like to create a Bash alias or function to do this, >> but can't get the Bash syntax right: it keeps telling me >> "date: the argument `1321251520' lacks a leading `+'; > It is difficult to say what is wrong with your alias > as you haven't shown it
alias th='date -d @$1' was the first try, then adding '+' &/or '\' to escape '+' or '@'. I also tried a function along similar lines. > but my guess is that is is introducing a space > between @ and the timestamp, which gives exactly the error you get. No, no spaces. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
