UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

advance happy new year to all,
i am having a script.The purpose of the scripts is as follows.If the current month is march,june,september or december ,inc_flg should be set to '1' otherwise inc_flg should be set to '2'


month= date +"%m"
if [ "$month" -eq 3 ] || [ "$month" -eq 6 ] || [ "$month" -eq 9 ] ||
[ "$month" -eq 12 ] ; then
inc_flg = 1
else
inc_flg = 2
fi

But i am getting inc_flg =2 always.please help me to solve this issue.Is there anyother way to write a script???please help me.thanks in advance
regards,
rajarp

u can directly subtituite command in loop u can do this it works

#!/bin/sh

if [ `date +"%m"` -eq 3 ] | [ `date +"%m"` -eq 6 ] | [ `date +"%m"` -eq 9 ] | [ `date +"%m"` -eq 12 ] ; then
echo "inc_flg = 1"
else
echo "inc_flg = 2"
fi

You are missing the backticks.

"neater" way to write your if else statement

Code:

...
 case $month in 
   3|6|9|12)  echo "yes";; 
    *) echo "no";; 
 esac
..

Code:

typeset -i month=`date +"%m"`

if [ $month -eq 3 -o $month -eq 6 -o $month -eq 9 -o $month -eq 12 ]
then
   inc_flg=1
else
   inc_flg=2
fi

3,6,9,12 all have a remainder of zero when divided by 3. The other months will have a non-zero remainder. You can use month%3 as the test. If you must have variable called inc_flg with the above mentioned properties, you could just do:
((inc_flg=2-!(month%3)))

u have made my day gud gentlemen..i have used reborg's stuff.....But thanks for all.........