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I want to get day from the current system date
Hi,
I want to check what day is today (like mon,Tue,wed) When i checked the syntax, i dont see there is a format specifier for getting the day. Let me know how to get the same. I am very new to unix and so I am asking some basic questions. cheers, gops |
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Check out this command
date '+%a' this will return the current day. Their are other options too. Check out the man page of date command |
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Thanks Amit for your input. It is working fine
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