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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Need to validate a date input format Post 302283067 by acevallo on Monday 2nd of February 2009 01:16:39 PM
Old 02-02-2009
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Originally Posted by Perderabo
One solution is to use my datecalc script.
Hi guys, I'm new in UNIX and need to validate a date

How can I call datecalc script. from main shell?

is the same like to call another file with function, maybe

. ./datecalc_script.ksh

I tested it and dont run


thanks for your answers


grettings
 

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httppower is a helper program for powerman which enables it to communicate with HTTP based power distribution units. It is run interac- tively by the powerman daemon. OPTIONS
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The following commands are accepted at the httppower> prompt: auth user:pass Authenticate to the base URL with specified user and password, using ``basic'' HTTP authentication which sends the user and password over the network in plain text. seturl URL Set the base URL. Overrides the command line option. get [URL-suffix] Send an HTTP GET to the base URL with the optional URL-suffix appended. post [URL-suffix] key=val[&key=val]... Send an HTTP POST to the base URL with the optional URL-suffix appended, and key-value pairs as argument. FILES
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