Here is a slightly more interesting script, talk.sh:

  #!/bin/bash

  echo Hello $USER,
  echo -n "Today is " ; date +"%A"
  echo -n "Today's date is " ; date +"%d-%b-%Y"
  echo -n "And the time is " ; date +"%r"

The output looks like this:

  dlink@viddev1> ./talk.sh
  Hello dlink,
  Today is Thursday
  Today's date is 20-Jul-2006
  And the time is 11:51:59 AM