08-27-2008
Help needed-calculate previous date
Hi Friends,
Need a command/script in unix which calculates previous date [day -1] from current date.
For ex:
If current date= 01 Jan 2008, then output =31 Dec 2007
If current_date =01 Aug 2008 , then output= 31 July 2008
Please advice
Regards,
Suresh
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