I can grab the results of "w=$date+%U)"; in C an use the modulo operator; is there a way to do this is /bin/sh? ot zsh?
tia, guys, gary #/bin/sh w=$(date +%U) echo "w is $w"; (even=$(w % 2 )); ## flubs. echo "even is $even"; ## flubs. if [ $even -eq 0 ] ## flubs, obv'ly. then echo "week is even"; else echo "week is odd"; fi -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"