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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting To get previous or future dates based on input value Post 302222674 by fpmurphy on Thursday 7th of August 2008 10:07:29 AM
Old 08-07-2008
If you have the latest version of ksh93
Code:
$ printf "%(%e/%b/%Y)T\n"  "24/Aug/2008 8 days ago"
16/Aug/2008
$ printf "%(%e/%b/%Y)T\n"  "24/Aug/2008 8 days"
 1/Sep/2008
$

 

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TRASH-EMPTY(1)						      General Commands Manual						    TRASH-EMPTY(1)

NAME
trash-empty - Empty for Command line trash utility. SYNOPSIS
trash-empty [arguments] DESCRIPTION
Remove for ever any trashed file and trashed directory. This command is a part of trash-cli package that provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permis- sions of each trashed file. ARGUMENTS
To remove all trashed files, use 'emtpy-trash'. To remove files that have been in the trash more than a given number of days, use 'trash-empty x', 'x' representing the number of days. EXAMPLES
$ date Tue Feb 19 20:26:52 CET 2008 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today 2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday 2008-02-10 20:11:34 /home/einar/last_week $ trash-empty 7 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today 2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday $ trash-empty 1 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today $ trash-empty $ trash-list <none> BUGS
Report bugs to http://code.google.com/p/trash-cli/issues AUTHORS
Trash was written by Andrea Francia <andreafrancia@users.sourceforge.net> and Einar Orn Olason <eoo@hi.is>. This manual page was written by Steve Stalcup <vorian@ubuntu.com>. Changes made by Massimo Cavalleri <submax@tiscalinet.it>. SEE ALSO
trash-put(1), trash-restore(1), trash-list(1), and the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification at http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html. Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. TRASH-EMPTY(1)
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