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Old 02-25-2008
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echo {1..9}^2\;|bc
  
 

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continuing in the style of your script try using code like:


Code:
/bin/cal $prev_month $cur_year | grep -v "^$" | sed -n  '1p;$p' | tr "\n" " "  | awk '{print substr($1,1,3),$NF,$2}'

HTH