Great Stuff. Thanks so much. I would never have got that from the man pages.
Rick On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 09:59, Ward William E DLDN wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hal Burgiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:50 AM > > To: redhat > > Subject: Re: bash date math > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:45:55AM -0500, rick henderson wrote: > > > In a bash script, I need to know the previous day. > > > > > > if 03012003 then 02282003 > > > if 05012003 then 04302003 > > > if 08012003 then 07312003 > > > > > > using date, I can get todays date. But I need date math. > > > > $ date -d "-1 day" > > Wed Jul 30 10:48:46 EDT 2003 > > > > ??? > > I'll take it even further: > > $date -d "-1 day" +%m%d%Y > 07302003 > > Even more: > > $date -d "-3 days -1 month" +%m%d%Y > 06282003 > > So, as Hal so eloquently put it ??? > > Bill Ward > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
