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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Copy files from one location to another Post 302883139 by Don Cragun on Saturday 11th of January 2014 04:29:10 AM
Old 01-11-2014
If script.sh contains your function definition and the following:
Code:
if [ $# -eq 1 ]
then    # Use given argument as copy date:
        copy_date="$1"
else    # Use yesterday as copy date:
        copy_date=$(get_one_day_before_date $(date '+%d %m %Y') )
fi
# Copy selected files to target directory:
cp A$copy_date.*_file[12] /test/copied

it should do what you want.

Note that calling date three times to set the day, month, and year for a given date is dangerous. If your script runs some day close to midnight, you can end up with one or two of the date commands being run on a different day, month, or even year than the others.
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hdate_struct

hdate_struct(3) 						libhdate C language						   hdate_struct(3)

NAME

       hdate_struct -

       libhdate Hebrew date struct

SYNOPSIS

       #include <hdate.h>

   Data Fields
       int hd_day
       int hd_mon
       int hd_year
       int gd_day
       int gd_mon
       int gd_year
       int hd_dw
       int hd_size_of_year
       int hd_new_year_dw
       int hd_year_type
       int hd_jd
       int hd_days
       int hd_weeks

Detailed Description
       libhdate Hebrew date struct

Field Documentation
   int hdate_struct::hd_day The number of day in the hebrew month (1..31).
   int hdate_struct::hd_mon The number of the hebrew month 1..14 (1 - tishre, 13 - adar 1, 14 - adar 2).
   int hdate_struct::hd_year The number of the hebrew year.
   int hdate_struct::gd_day The number of the day in the month. (1..31)
   int hdate_struct::gd_mon The number of the month 1..12 (1 - jan).
   int hdate_struct::gd_year The number of the year.
   int hdate_struct::hd_dw The day of the week 1..7 (1 - sunday).
   int hdate_struct::hd_size_of_year The length of the year in days.
   int hdate_struct::hd_new_year_dw The week day of Hebrew new year.
   int hdate_struct::hd_year_type The number type of year.
   int hdate_struct::hd_jd The Julian day number
   int hdate_struct::hd_days The number of days passed since 1 tishrey
   int hdate_struct::hd_weeks The number of weeks passed since 1 tishrey
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