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Old 07-05-2004
How to test if a variable is in the right format
How can I test a variable to see if its in the right format?

The format for the variable would be 'DDMMYYYY HH:MM:SS' and is passed from a command line argument.

Any help would be appreciated
# 2  
Old 07-05-2004
Perhaps try using the touch command, e.g...
Code:
MMDD=$(expr substr "$*" 1 4)
YYYY=$(expr substr "$*" 5 4)
hh=$(expr substr "$*" 10 2)
mm=$(expr substr "$*" 13 2)
ss=$(expr substr "$*" 16 2)
if touch -c -t $YYYY$MMDD$hh$mm.$ss dummyfile
then
   echo valid
else
   echo invalid
fi

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Old 07-05-2004
Thanks very much

Your help is really appreciated
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