Bash - Timestamp Function Example - From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17066250/create-timestamp-variable-in-bash-script - Cacher Snippet

4/21/2017 - 4:34 PM

Bash - Timestamp Function Example - From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17066250/create-timestamp-variable-in-bash-script

Bash - Timestamp Function Example - From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17066250/create-timestamp-variable-in-bash-script

timestamp-function-example.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Define a timestamp function
timestamp() {
  date +"%T"
}

# do something...
timestamp # print timestamp
# do something else...
timestamp # print another timestamp
# continue...