How Do I Get the Current Date in Linux Terminal?
Contents How Do I Get the Current Time in Linux Terminal? to Display Date and Time Under Linux Operating System Using Command Prompt Use the Date Command. It...
How do I get the current time in Linux terminal?
To display date and time under Linux operating system using command prompt use the date command. It can also display the current time / date in the given FORMAT. We can set the system date and time as root user too.
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#!/bin/bash now=”$(date)” printf “Current date and time %sn” “$now” now=”$(date +’%d/%m/%Y’)” printf “Current date in dd/mm/yyyy format %sn” “$now” echo “Starting backup at $now, please wait…” # command to backup scripts goes here # …
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