11 Feb
2005
11 Feb
'05
11:57 a.m.
On 11 Feb 2005, at 12:47, Mats Persson wrote:
- There is always a New line character behind the input, whereas I
would just want the cursor to remain immediately behind the inserted text on the same line.
You can use the -n switch to remove the trailing newline, i.e.
echo -n `date +%Y-%m-%d`
hth,
Rich Barton