Simple ksh question

frustrated1 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-05-2003

Hi,

Simple question I am sure...

I need to put yesterdays date in the name of a filename, ie assign yesterdays date to a variable and then I can use it where I want.. using the format yyyymmdd

Any suggestions?

Ygor · #2 (**permalink**) 11-05-2003

Try

Code:

YESTERDAY=$(perl -e '($ss,$mm,$hh,$DD,$MM,$YY)=localtime(time-24*60*60);
printf "%04d%02d%02d", $YY + 1900, $MM + 1, $DD')
echo $YESTERDAY

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