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Asked: 2026-05-21T20:47:45+00:00

I want to insert the last modified timestamp of a file in the database

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I want to insert the last modified timestamp of a file in the database within a shell script. My script goes like this

#!/usr/bin/ksh
date=date -r /raid/file/test.txt +%d" "%b" "%Y" "% r | awk '{print $1,$2,$3,$4,$5;}'
echo ${date}
sqlplus USR/USR@PRODAR.AD.MANTO <<ENDOFSQL
INSERT INTO PROD_TABLE VALUES('$date');
exit
ENDOFSQL

I am wondering how to assign the last modified date of the file to a shell variable and use that inside sqlplus.Note that am looking for date in the format 05 May 2011 08:02:27 PM The $date is showing null at the moment and is getting inserted into the table.
Would appreciate any recommendations around the same.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want the output of the date|awk stuff in your date variable, you need to capture it:

    date=$(date -r /raid/file/test.txt +%d" "%b" "%Y" "% r | awk '{print $1,$2,$3,$4,$5;}')

    Just that should do it but it has been a long time since I’ve used ksh. You don’t need to access your date variable in sqlplus, you just need to access it in a string in your script.

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