Linux Bash Script Date

Question

I have created a linux bash script directory structure which is all working fine except from the date is not showing in the logfile which is created!

Here is the code for the logfile

touch $1/logfile.log
CURRENTDATE=`date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"`
printf "Created by: $USER\nDate/Time Created: $CURRENTDATE" > $1/logfile.log

The message from the command line I receive is: CURRENTDATE: Command Not Found, then when opening the logfile.log created the correct USER appears but there is no date.

Any Advise? Thanks

Answer 1

You should use "echo" not printf if you are using linux.

talha@DESKTOP-BCDU8TA:~$ touch logfile.log
talha@DESKTOP-BCDU8TA:~$ echo -e "Created by: $USER\nDate/Time Created:$CURRENTDATE" > logfile.log
talha@DESKTOP-BCDU8TA:~$ cat *log 
Created by: talha 
Date/Time Created: 2021-10-30 20:57:48

So as you can see on the code sample it worked.

Answer 2

尝试使用 echo 命令：

echo -e "Created by: $USER\nDate/Time Created: $CURRENTDATE" > $1/logfile.log