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How do I append the UNIX command date to an echo statement

Basically I want to have the terminal output a message followed by the date and time, like "Hi, today is -dateandtime-".

So echo can accomplish the first bit, and date can accomplish the last, but only separately, how can I put them together (in one command) so they output together.

Like

echo hello there

-new command-

date

Does it, but not in one line. Is pipelining the answer?

Solution

  • This will do it:

     echo "Hi, today is $(date)"