Getting month and changing format - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

marringi · #1 05-19-2008

Hello,

I would like to get todays moth and write it in this format: _06_

Any ideas?

Yogesh Sawant · #2 05-19-2008

don't know about todays moth, but to get the current month:

Code:

echo _`date '+%m'`_

Franklin52 · #3 05-19-2008

Or:

Code:

date "+_%m_"

Read the man page how to format the date string.

joeyg · #4 05-19-2008

Code:

echo "_"$(date '+%m')"_"

_05_

marringi · #5 05-19-2008

I meant the current month... Didn't make myself clear...

I want to use it in a link, so that say the month is January, _01_ is written into the link..

marringi · #6 05-19-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeyg

Code:

echo "_"$(date '+%m')"_"

_05_

Thanks for the quick response. I'm a no good programmer. How would you use this...

I tried:

Code:

my $month=echo(""_"$(date '+%m')"_"");

with no luck...?

joeyg · #7 05-19-2008

The following will assign the month as a number to a variable.

Code:

> curr_mth=$(echo "_"$(date '+%m')"_")
> echo $curr_mth
_05_
>

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