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Need to check date at the end

Hi,

The file contains date at the end, need to check if it is today's date or not. How to check?

Any help.

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Try something like...

Code:

$ tail -1 file1
2011-05-17

$ if [[ $(tail -1 file1) = $(date '+%Y-%m-%d') ]]
> then
>     echo today
> fi
today

$

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