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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to get the previous month by using `date` Post 302283133 by suneelj on Monday 2nd of February 2009 04:24:45 PM
Old 02-02-2009
Java How to get the previous month by using `date`
Hello,
I'm new to shell scripting.
We've develop a script which will grep a file on the search criteria, MON (Jan/Feb/Mar/etc). But we should set this sript in cron which will run on every first day of the month. The problem I'm having is, when I run the script, it is displaying the contents of the present month. But I need the contents of the last month.
If the present month is Feb, the output that I should get is of Jan.
I'm using below in the script.
********************************************
set -x
#!/bin/sh
MON=`date +%b` #Feb
grep \/$MON\/ File1.txt > Output1.txt #This file should have the contents of Jan, not of Feb.
********************************************

Can anyone please help me to achieve the expecting output.

Thanks
~Suneel
Last edited by suneelj; 02-02-2009 at 05:39 PM..
 

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jdmonthname

JDMONTHNAME(3)								 1							    JDMONTHNAME(3)

jdmonthname - Returns a month name

SYNOPSIS

       string jdmonthname (int	$julianday, int  $mode)

DESCRIPTION

	Returns  a  string  containing a month name. $mode tells this function which calendar to convert the Julian Day Count to, and what type of
       month names are to be returned.

       Calendar modes

       +-----+--------------------------------------+---+
       |Mode |					    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     |		     Meaning		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     |		      Values		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       +-----+--------------------------------------+---+
       | 0   |					    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     |	     Gregorian - abbreviated	    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     | Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May,  Jun,  Jul, |	|
       |     | Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       | 1   |					    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     |		    Gregorian		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     | January,   February,  March,  April, |	|
       |     | May, June, July, August,  September, |	|
       |     | October, November, December	    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       | 2   |					    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     |	       Julian - abbreviated	    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     | Jan,  Feb,  Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, |	|
       |     | Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       | 3   |					    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     |		      Julian		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     | January,  February,  March,   April, |	|
       |     | May,  June, July, August, September, |	|
       |     | October, November, December	    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       | 4   |					    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     |		      Jewish		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     | Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, She- |	|
       |     | vat,  AdarI,  AdarII,  Nisan, Iyyar, |	|
       |     | Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       | 5   |					    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     |		French Republican	    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       |     | Vendemiaire,   Brumaire,   Frimaire, |	|
       |     | Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose, Germinal, |	|
       |     | Floreal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermi- |	|
       |     | dor, Fructidor, Extra		    |	|
       |     |					    |	|
       +-----+--------------------------------------+---+
PARAMETERS

	      o $jday
		- The Julian Day to operate on

	      o $calendar
		- The calendar to take the month name from

RETURN VALUES

	The month name for the given Julian Day and $calendar.

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