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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #3288- February 9, 2010 - Home : Help : Today's Tip
Unix Tip #3288- February 9, 2010

WHAT TIME IS IT REMOTELY?


To get time on a remote UNIX machine within the same domain,
you can use the command:

% telnet 13

Trying ...
Connected to
Escape character is '^]'.
Fri Aug 27 19:20:27 1999
Connection closed by foreign host.

You can create a handy alias for the following command
to get the remote time:

telnet 13 | grep :


This tip generously supported by: bhavin@informix.com

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