Your ls may have localization support which would basically mean if you can find a locale for which this (I would say zany but I'm suppressing it ... oops) date format is standard, that should do it.
I'm just learning UNIX and I'm trying to do the following:
Write a script called details.bash that, for each file in the working directory, prints the filename, the # of lines, and the # of words to to some output file, like this:
filename1 73 431
filename2 5 21
It's probably a stupid... (1 Reply)
I would like to display the last 8 characters of the filenames for filenames of different lengths.
I can delete the last 8 characters with sed but dont know how to only show the last 8 characters.
The filenames are something like;
afxH340800340000
afxH30800340021
afxR3080034002122
I... (3 Replies)
Hi i am currently using below command in shell script and calling it from cron job.
This is to take daily backup with the date as suffix to the file.When i try i unable to get the date suffixed to the backup file.
Please help me as to wt's wrong in this or how to get the date added to the... (5 Replies)
Hi i'm new to the forum and was hoping someone could help me with the following query.
I do alot of testing and have hundreds of log files output. I have a script (someone else wrote) which finds all the passed and failed logs and puts a number in a column onto a webpage:
e.g:
Pass ... (4 Replies)
I am using ksh93 on Solaris.
Ok, this may seem like a simple request at first. I have a directory that contains sets of files with a YYYYMMDD component to the name, along with other files of different filespecs. something like this:
20110501_1.dat
20110501_2.dat
20110501_3.dat... (2 Replies)
Well guys,
I know the right syntax for displaying the current date is $(date). However, I am planning to send emails to some customers which displays their subscription date, and then the expiry. The expiry being 30 days from the current date.
What would the right syntax be? (6 Replies)
Hello, all!
Working in a Bourne shell. What command would list the filename and size of a file if the size of the file had to be bigger than $a and smaller than $b?
Output (if $a is 10 bytes and $b is 50 bytes):test1.txt 15
test2.txt 30
test3.txt 50
Thanks,
Ann :p (3 Replies)
Hello,
I'd like to write a monthly archive script that archives some logs. But I'd like to do it based on yesterday's date. In other words, I'd like to schedule the script to run on the 1st day of each month, but have the archive filename include the previous month instead.
Here's what I... (5 Replies)
Hi All
How to answer the below interview question..
With a path and filename of "/mydir1/mydir2/mydir3/myfilenane.dat" write a UNIX script to display the filename (2 Replies)
Suppose i have a list of files in a directory as mentioned below
1. Shankar_04152019_ny.txt
2. Gopi_shan_03122019_mi.txt
3. Siva_mourya_02242019_nd.txt
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1000 . Jiva_surya_02282019_nd.txt
query : At one shot i want to modify the above all filenames present in one path with... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shankar455
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
date
DATE(1) General Commands Manual DATE(1)NAME
date - print or set the date and time
SYNOPSIS
date [-qsu] [[MMDDYY]hhmm[ss]] [+format]
OPTIONS -q Read the date from stdin
-s Set the time (implicit for -q or a date string)
-u Print the date as GMT
-t Use this number of seconds instead of current time
EXAMPLES
date # Print the date and time
date 0221921610 # Set date to Feb 21, 1992 at 4:10 p.m.
DESCRIPTION
With the -q flag or a numeric argument, date sets the GMT time and date. MMDDYY refers to the month, day, and year; hhmmss refers to the
hour, minute and second. Each of the six fields must be exactly two digits, no more and no less. date always display the date and time,
with the default format for the system. The -u flag request GMT time instead of local time. A format may be specified with a + followed
by a printf-like string with the following options:
%% % character
%A Name of the day
%B Name of the month
%D mm/dd/yy
%H Decimal hour on 2 digits
%I Decimal hour modulo 12 on 2 digits
%M Decimal minute on 2 digits
%S Decimal seconds on 2 digits
%T HH:MM:SS
%U Decimal week number, Sunday being first day of week
%W Decimal week number, Monday being first day of week
%X Same as %T
%Y Decimal year on 4 digits
%Z Time Zone (if any)
%a Abbreviated name of the day
%b Abbreviated name of the month
%c Appropriate date & time (default format)
%d Decimal day of the month on 2 digits
%e Same as %d, but a space replaces leading 0
%h Same as %b
%j Decimal dey of the year on 3 digits
%m Decimal month on 2 digits
%n Newline character
%p AM or PM
%r 12-hour clock time with AM/PM
%s Number of seconds since the epoch
%t Tab character
%w Decimal day of the week (0=Sunday)
%x Same as %D
%y Decimal year on 2 digits
SEE ALSO time(2), ctime(3), readclock(8).
DATE(1)