02-19-2009
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how can we add or subtract days from the output of date command in unix...
like if i want to subtract a day from the result of date command like this..
v_date=`date +%Y%m%d`
this wud give me 20080519
now i want to subtract one day from this.. so tht it wud give me 20080518..
how do i do... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: St.Fartatric
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i need a script that can tell me the date 2 days ago or 3 days ago.
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Anybody knows how to get what date was 28 days ago of the current system date through UNIX script.
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello Experts,
How do i get date after 5 days from current date in YYYYMMDD format?
How do you compare date in YYYYMMDD format?
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5. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions
Hi,
I'm writing an batch file to create report
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to find out the number of days between the current date and user defined date.
I took reference from here for the date2jd() function.
Modified the function according to my requirement. But its not working properly.
Original code from here is working fine.
#!/bin/sh... (1 Reply)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi! I am trying to read a file and every line has a specific date as one of its fields.
I want to take that date and compare it to the date today plus 6 days.
while read line
do
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if ; then
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... (1 Reply)
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Hi,
One of my Unix scripts needs to look for files coming in on Fridays. This script runs on Mondays. $date +"%y%m%d" will give me today's date. How can I get previous Friday's date.. can I do "today's date minus 3 days" to get Friday's date? If not, then any other way?? Name of the files is... (4 Replies)
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Hi, please can somebody let me know the easiest way to add days to a date.
I can do this in perl but would like to able to do it in a shell script.
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10. HP-UX
current date command runs well
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subtract 30 days fails
awk -v t="$(date --date="-30days" +%Y-%m-%d)" -F "'" '$1 < t' myname.dat
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
widget_calendar
widget_calendar(n) widget::calendar Megawidget widget_calendar(n)
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NAME
widget_calendar - widget::calendar Megawidget
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.4
package require Tk 8.4
package require widget ?3.0?
widget::calendar pathname ?options?
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DESCRIPTION
This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).
widget::calendar pathname ?options?
WIDGET OPTIONS
-command
A script to evaluate when a date was selected.
-dateformat
The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y.
-firstday
Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday.
-font Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9.
-highlightcolor
Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00
-language
Specify language of the calendar contents. The language is specified by abbreviations of the languge, for example: en - english, de
- german ... It defaults to en.
Supported languages: en, de, fr, it, es, pt, ru, sv, zh, fi
-shadecolor
Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888
-showpast
Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1.
-textvariable
Specifies the name of a variable whose value is linked to the entry widget's contents. Whenever the variable changes value, the
widget's contents are updated, and vice versa.
WIDGET COMMAND
pathname get ?what?
Returns a part of the selected date or 'all'. The argument what selects the part. Valid values for what are: day, month, year and all.
'all' is the default and returns the complete date in the format given with -dateformat.
DEFAULT BINDINGS
On creation of the calendar widget the following bindings are installed.
o Up - Move to week before current date
o Down - Move to week after current date
o Left - Move to day before current date
o Right - Move to day after current date
o Control-Left - Move to month before current date
o Control-Right - Move to month after current date
o Control-Up - Move to year before current date
o Control-Down - Move to year after current date
EXAMPLE
package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
set t [widget::calendar .t]
pack $t -fill x -expand 1
KEYWORDS
megawidget, snit, widget
widget 0.93 widget_calendar(n)