to put date at the end of each line

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

#!/bin/ksh
if test -f file6.txt
then
rm file6.txt
fi

a=`date +"%F"`
awk '{print $0,"$a"}' file3.txt > file6.txt

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i need to append date at the end of each line in file 3 and o/p it to file6.txt

2

Dear ali560045,

try this

a=`date +"%F"`
awk -v DATE="$a" '{print $0 DATE}' file3.txt > file6.txt

good luk

Pankaj

3

Thnaks i got it..wat if i want to input the date only at file 3 and not in file 6...

4

Dear ali560045,

u r doing exactly same what u need

u need to rename the file6.txt to file3.txt

just add another line

rm file3.txt
mv file6.txt file3.txt

regards,
Pankaj