On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 14:26:00 (+0000), SUZANNE COBB wrote: > List, good afternoon, > > I am using a script to check and update a dynamic IP address in our DNS > records. I have tried to add a date and time output to a log file which > records IP address changes and updates - but the change I inserted is not > working. I think the problem is that I have not understood correctly how to > capture the *text* of the date and time, and then add it to a script 'echo' > output line. May I show the two lines I am using? > > I try to capture the date and time into a variable named 'dt': > > dt= $(date '+%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S'); > > [please see there is a space between = and $, and between Y and %]
Remove the first of them. Your line will set dt to nothing, then it will try to run the output of date as a command. "01/06/2017" is not a very useful command. Cheers, David.
