Writing current date / time to file using shell script

Question

I am trying to use a shell script to write the current date and time to a file. That's what I have so far

echo "$(date)" >> //home/user/Desktop/Scripts/Date Logs/datelog.txt

It will say that it is complete, but nothing is printed after it starts.

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EliC 05 Apr '17 at 3:49

1 answer

Amit khandelwal · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-05T03:52:52+0000

Use date >> //home/user/Desktop/Scripts/Date Logs/datelog.txt

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As I tried on my system: -

date > /tmp/date.txt

... And the file contains Wed Apr 5 09:27:37 IST 2017

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[Edit] There is a difference between → (append to file) and> (Create new file)

Edit: - As suggested by chepner, you can directly redirect the o / p date command to a file with date >> /tmp/date.txt

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