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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers date comparison Post 302593401 by balajesuri on Thursday 26th of January 2012 07:56:34 PM
Old 01-26-2012
An if-clause would look similar to the one given in this post: https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...pare-date.html

< is considered as a redirection operator when used in single square parenthesis - [ condition ]. Use -gt, -lt, -ge, -le, -eq, -ne for numeric comparisons.

Or alternatively, you can use < to mean less than when used in double square parenthesis - [[ condition ]].

So its either:
Code:
[[ $date < `date -d "-$minus days" +%Y%m%d` ]]

Or
Code:
[ $date -lt `date -d "-$minus days" +%Y%m%d` ]

For interest; double square parenthesis is not a POSIX standard and is not available in older shells. Its a powerful feature of modern BASH and KSH. Read these links:
1. http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/031
2. https://www.unix.com/302076732-post.html#post302076732

Last edited by balajesuri; 01-26-2012 at 09:03 PM..
 

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