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I am trying to get last 5 business day .
trying
for d in Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
do
date +%Y%m%d -d "last $d"
done
gives me date
Thu Oct 20 23:56:26 EDT 2016
20161017
20161018
20161019
20161013
20161014
expected output should be
20161017
20161018
20161019
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trash-empty
TRASH-EMPTY(1) General Commands Manual TRASH-EMPTY(1)
NAME
trash-empty - Empty for Command line trash utility.
SYNOPSIS
trash-empty [arguments]
DESCRIPTION
Remove for ever any trashed file and trashed directory. This command is a part of trash-cli package that provides a command line interface
trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permis-
sions of each trashed file.
ARGUMENTS
To remove all trashed files, use 'emtpy-trash'.
To remove files that have been in the trash more than a given number of
days, use 'trash-empty x', 'x' representing the number of days.
EXAMPLES
$ date
Tue Feb 19 20:26:52 CET 2008
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
2008-02-10 20:11:34 /home/einar/last_week
$ trash-empty 7
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
$ trash-empty 1
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
$ trash-empty
$ trash-list
<none>
BUGS
Report bugs to http://code.google.com/p/trash-cli/issues
AUTHORS
Trash was written by Andrea Francia <andreafrancia@users.sourceforge.net> and Einar Orn Olason <eoo@hi.is>. This manual page was written
by Steve Stalcup <vorian@ubuntu.com>. Changes made by Massimo Cavalleri <submax@tiscalinet.it>.
SEE ALSO
trash-put(1), trash-restore(1), trash-list(1), and the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification at http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html.
Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.
TRASH-EMPTY(1)