[Asterisk-Users] echo system command and set the results to a new variable

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What about variable ${EPOCH} ? 

On 8/29/05, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at cohens.org.il> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 06:39:47PM -0400, Henry Junior wrote:
> > I am looking to issue a 'System cmd' that will echo the results into
> > a new variable -- can anyone tell me the correct way to do this?
> >
> > example: at the terminal I am currently able to issue this command:
> > echo | date > date.txt
> 
> Do you want to run that command in the shell? This pipes the output of
> 'echo' (with no parameters: just prints a single newline) to date (with
> no params, ignores its input anyway) and redirects the output of date
> into date.txt .
> 
> > I end up with a file called date.txt with the contents: Mon Aug 29
> > 18:32:45 EDT 2005
> 
> As expected.
> 
> >
> > I would like to issue a command in my dialplan that puts the date
> > into a new variable something like this:
> > System(echo | date > Set(newVariableName=theDateEchoReturns)
> 
> System doesn't do that . chan_backticks does:
> http://pbxfreeware.com/app_backticks.c
> 
> But then again, I figure that there's a simpler way.
> 
> >
> > So that the newVariableName=Mon Aug 29 18:32:45 EDT 2005
> >
> > The objective in this case is to format the date according to the
> > Unix Time format listed above.  I am certainly open to other options
> > for doing this.  The default ${TIMESTAMP} format doesn't work for my
> > needs.
> 
> What do you need it for?
> 
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