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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Passing Day in string Post 303030288 by RudiC on Thursday 7th of February 2019 02:49:16 PM
Old 02-07-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by danielshell
Thank you, RudiC!

Code:
root:root> uname -a
HP-UX B.11.31 U ia64 0123365846 unlimited-user license

It is HP-UX, so it is kind of tough.. I am getting this error

Code:
root:> date +"%b %_d" -d "2 day ago"
 date: bad format character - _


Welcome.



The first thing I would try encountering that error message is relaunch the command without the _ and / or consult the man page. Having said that, I'm afraid that your date will fail on the -d option. So - rely on e.g. rdrtx1's proposal. Or - search these fora for "HP-UX" and "date" keywords.
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holidays(4)							   File Formats 						       holidays(4)

NAME
holidays - prime/nonprime table for the accounting system SYNOPSIS
/etc/acct/holidays DESCRIPTION
The /etc/acct/holidays file describes which hours are considered prime time and which days are holidays. Holidays and weekends are con- sidered non-prime time hours. /etc/acct/holidays is used by the accounting system. All lines beginning with an "*" are comments. The /etc/acct/holidays file consists of two sections. The first non-comment line defines the current year and the start time of prime and non-prime time hours, in the form: current_year prime_start non_prime_start The remaining non-comment lines define the holidays in the form: month/day company_holiday Of these two fields, only the month/day is actually used by the accounting system programs. The /etc/acct/holidays file must be updated each year. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Example of the /etc/acct/holidays file. The following is an example of the /etc/acct/holidays file: * Prime/Nonprime Table for the accounting system * * Curr Prime Non-Prime * Year Start Start * 1991 0830 1800 * * only the first column (month/day) is significant. * * month/day Company Holiday * 1/1 New Years Day 5/30 Memorial Day 7/4 Indep. Day 9/5 Labor Day 11/24 Thanksgiving Day 11/25 day after Thanksgiving 12/25 Christmas 12/26 day after Christmas SEE ALSO
acct(1M) SunOS 5.10 28 Mar 1991 holidays(4)
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