On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 01:04:35PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> I have a cron script and a line:
>
> ... wget ... -O ~/Base$(data +%H%M).gif
^ ^
> and I get the error
>
> /bin/sh: -c: line1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
> /bin/sh: -c: line2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>
> I am guessing that because I am running bash via cron that I am missing
> slashes or I need to enclose the command in quotes?
$ man 5 crontab
...
The ``sixth'' field (the rest of the line) specifies the
command to be run. The entire command portion of the
line, up to a newline or % character, will be executed by
/bin/sh or by the shell specified in the SHELL variable of
the cronfile. Percent-signs (%) in the command, unless
escaped with backslash (\), will be changed into newline
characters, and all data after the first % will be sent to
the command as standard input.
...
Change the %s to \%s and you should be set.
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