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Is it possible to implement the following shell script completely as a launchd plist to generate a signature with timestamp in the StandardErrorPath / StandardErrorPath files?

#!/bin/sh
echo "Hi, your FOO.plist was here at $(date)"

This one doesn't work:

…
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
   <array>
      <string>echo</string>
      <string>"Hi, your FOO.plist was here at $(date)"</string>
   </array>
…
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  • I feared that – but five nervous guys with huge reputation from stackoverflow told me to post it here. I'm sorry for that. Thanks to LCC anyway. – user3077223 Dec 23 '13 at 08:27

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launchd does not interpret $(date). A shell does:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/bin/sh</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>echo Hi, your FOO.plist was here at $(date)</string>
</array>
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