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Old 01-21-2013
Concat required

Hi Folks
The below is code is giving me value 30.

Code:
cal | sed '/^$/d' | tail -1 | awk '{printf $NF-1}'

Actually the text is like below.

Code:
echo "you should reply on 30-Jan-2013 evening EST.

Here how should i con-cat above logic in that text?

Last edited by Scott; 01-21-2013 at 06:38 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 01-21-2013
Quick and dirty:
Code:
echo "You should reply on $(date "+$(cal|awk 'NF{l=$NF}END{print l-1}')-%b-%Y") evening EST"


Last edited by elixir_sinari; 01-21-2013 at 06:45 AM..
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