08-21-2009
Date Formatting, etc.
Hi -
I'm using GeekTool to customize my desktop in OS X 10.5.8
I'm a complete novice as far as UNIX commands, just know enough to be dangerous.
I have a command entered as a Shell to display my events from iCal:
Quote:
/usr/local/bin/icalBuddy eventsToday+3 | sed -e "s/*//" | sed -e "s/!/!!/"
This makes my events show something like this:
Quote:
Event Name (Calendar Name)
2009-08-24 at 24:00 - 24:00
While this is awesome, I'd like to customize it. For one, I'd like the date to be formatted as this:
like I can do with this command:
and the time to be in 12 hour format
But I cannot seem to figure out how to make the iCal events date show correctly.
Help?!?!?
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NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
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