NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/unix/question/10708

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From: [e-mail] (Mark Christopher)
Subject: Re: Awk and getting the current date
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Andy Duplain) writes:
|>In article <1992Sep1.214207.1@sc9> mbrodesky@sc9 writes:
|>>How can I get the current date in a AWK program
...
|>        #!/bin/sh
|>        awk -e 'BEGIN {
|>            date="'`date`'"
|>        }
...

Or in nawk:

    nawk 'BEGIN { "date" | getline; date=$0}
        {
          print date,$0
        }'

Not tough.  Learn to read the manual.
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Mark Christopher        Bell-Northern Research          [e-mail]