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Re: pretty format can't work on cron job

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Nov 5, 2010, 08:37 UTC
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Am 11/5/2010 9:29, schrieb chen_wang@trendmicro.com.cn:
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> For the command: git log 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2.. -M --date=short --pretty=format:"Author: %aN <%ae>; Date: %ad" --shortstat --dirstat --no-merges
> 
> I run it on shell by manual can create correct format of output, such as:
> -------------------------------------------------
> Author: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>; Date: 2010-10-20
>  1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  100.0% drivers/char/
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> But when I put that command on cron job, even I run “. /etc/profile” and “. ~/.bash_profile” first, I can’t get correct format of output.
> -------------------------------------------------
> Author: %aN <amit.shah@redhat.com>; Date: Wed Oct 20 13:45:43 2010 +1030
>  100.0% drivers/char/
>  1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> -------------------------------------------------
% has a special meaning in a crontab. See man 5 crontab.
-- Hannes
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