Yes. If you use the hwclock command you do not need to use sed at all.

On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:44 AM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The command: --> sudo hwclock --systohc <--sets the Bios clock to the
> Software UTC clock without giving any output?
>
> I did not even need to use 'sed' yet.
>
> cool.
>
> Am I right about this?
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 00:41:26 -0600
>
> From: chapinjeff at gmail.com
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Bios clock and Linux UTC clock refuse to set at
> the same time.
>
> Many commands in Linux will only output errors. This is one of them.
>
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:39 AM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> The error I expected was an output via --> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $ sudo
> hwclock --systohc
>
> once entered into the terminal as following:
>
> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $ sudo hwclock --systohc
> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $
>
> was the entire output of the command. I guess if you put it that way
> though it would be like the good working 'apt-key list' command on a 3.13
> machine vs. 3.2 <--why did I bring that up again don't ask just don't ask.
>
> I'm waiting for your help.
>
> Thank you.
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 00:32:49 -0600
> From: chapinjeff at gmail.com
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
>
> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Bios clock and Linux UTC clock refuse to set at
> the same time.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:29 AM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Helps alot!
>
> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $ sudo hwclock
> Sat 03 Jan 2015 12:22:06 AM CST  -0.078578 seconds
> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $
>
> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $ sudo hwclock
> Sat 03 Jan 2015 12:23:02 AM CST  -0.051555 seconds
>
> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $ sudo hwclock --systohc
> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $
>
> obviously ^ fails with the --systohc extension.
>
>
> What do you mean it obviously fails? I see no error.
>
>
>
> <--why? <--every time I go into bios and change the time via biox I get an
> incorrect time on desktop. I am going to be looking into this; i'm about 7
> hours off by the way. I thank you for your time and your help.
>
>
> Yeah, your hwclock is set to UTC and you live in a timezone 7 hours off
> from UTC. That's to be expected.
>
>
>
>
> [image: Emoji] - paul g
>
>
> ------------------------------
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 23:42:31 -0600
> From: kelly.black at penguinpackets.com
> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Bios clock and Linux UTC clock refuse to set at
> the same time.
>
> Paul,
> To set the system clock to the hardware clock
> hwclock --hctosys
> Other way around:
> hwclock --systohc
> You should be able to check the hardware clock by issuing:
> hwclock
> That will give you an idea of how far off the hardware clock is.  If it is
> skewed far enough, you will probably want to go in to the bios on a reboot
> and update it.  If it does not stick past power outages, you might want to
> replace the cmos battery on the motherboard.
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> Fri Jan 02 2015 10:11:42 PM CST from "paul g" <pj.world at hotmail.com> Subject:
> Re: [tclug-list] Bios clock and Linux UTC clock refuse to set at the same
> time.
>    The question is 'how can I set the hardware clock to coorolate with
> the Linux clock'.
>
> My apologies.
>
> Happy New year and thank you with the updatedb stuff' meant alot.
>
> paul g
>
>
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