Environment: Oracle 8.1.6.3 on Solaris 5.8 I am not a Unix Guru by any strech of the imagination, so I can use all the help I can get. I am trying to write a shell script to execute sqlldr of a file whose name includes yesterday's 2 digit year and julian day in the format: file_yyjjj.csv. I can get today's date fine by setting a variable to be DATE=`date '+%y%j'`
But when I try to get DATE -1 it strips the leading 0 (since it is currently 02). Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can retain the leading 0 and still get yesterday's date? TIA, Terry Terry Ball, DBA Birch Telecom Work: 816-300-1335 FAX: 816-300-1801 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ball, Terry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
