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# Date stamping files
# format is :
# touch -t yyyymmddhhmi.ss filename

touch -t 199810311530.00 hallowfile

# lowercase functions (ksh)
typeset -u newfile=$filename

# date formatting, yields 112098 for example
date '+%m%d%y'

# display a calendar (Linux / Solaris / AIX)
cal

# route output to both test.txt and std output
./runbackup | tee test.txt

# sleep for 5 seconds
sleep 5

# send a message to all users
wall "lunch is ready"

# edit file, which displays at login time (message of the day)
vi /etc/motd

# edit file, which displays before login time (Solaris)
vi /etc/issue










UNIX : Related Topics

UNIX : Commands : File Permissions
UNIX : Commands : Using Tar
UNIX : Commands : Find files, current directory only
UNIX : Commands : Sort a file, with a specific key
UNIX : Commands : User Accounts
UNIX : Commands : Listing Files
UNIX : Commands : Moving and Copying Files
UNIX : Commands : Deleting Files
UNIX : Commands : Disk Usage
UNIX : Commands : Running a process, spawning a process
UNIX : Commands : Killing a UNIX process
UNIX : Commands : Redirecting Output
UNIX : Commands : Displaying a File

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