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Old 10-15-2019
Run shell script based on date file

Hi Team,

I have a to run a script based on a date present in a different file which updates everyday. Kindly help with the solution.
My current execution :
Code:
ksh scriptname.sh 10152019

. But here i want to enter this date from a file which gets updated daily.
My appraoch :
date file location: /var/tmp/datefile.txt

Code:
ksh scriptname.sh |cat /var/tmp/datefile.txt

Does this command work ? or any other suggestions pls.

Thanks,
Midhun
 

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SYNOPSIS
int getlastmod (void ) DESCRIPTION
Gets the time of the last modification of the main script of execution. If you're interested in getting the last modification time of a different file, consider using filemtime(3). RETURN VALUES
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