1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

hi, how do i get the last day of the current date or a given date using unix. for e.g. if i run the command/script on 1st feb 2002 i should get 28 th feb 2002. thanks !! AnkuR. (3 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi guys! just want to ask if you could help me with the sript i'm working on. i need to automatically generate a summarized report everyday for all transactions the day before and ftp it to another machine. my only problem is that i need to name the file as the date yesterday. for example if i... (12 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a little bash shell script which is used to backup files (via cron) to an NASLite server every 7 days. a=$(date +%b_%d_%Y) tar -lcpf /tmp/laptopbackup.$a.tar /home ncftpput 192.168.0.5 /Disk-1/laptop /tmp/laptopbackup.$a.tar The filename thus includes the date on which it is made,... (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi guys, i've got a simple one.. date_time="`date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`" gives me the system's date and time... which my script will use this variable to run the data on this date... my question is... if now, i want to run the script for data's that are like 6 months back... how can i... (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to append a portion of a file with a date on it that changes daily to a temp file. Here are my commands: set DATE = ('date +%Y%m%d_sum.log') cat $HOME/right/$DATE > /export/home/temp.txt Here is the error I keep receiving: cat: cannot open /temp/usr/nedaniel/right/date... (6 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

How could I get a date's day of the week (ie Sunday) without using the date -d command? So if a date was specified, it would give me the day of the week. The date -d command looks something like this date -d $inputdate | cut -c 1-3 the only problem with that statement is that it won't... (2 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a string that looks like this: 2008 04 09 18 45 30 0 I would like to convert it to a date format like this: Wed Apr 09 18:45:30.000 GMT 2008 I have been searching all over and can't find anything to help me. I am using ksh on a sun solaris unix machine. Thank you. Allyson (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have been out of the UNIX World for a number of years and none of my reference books seem to be helping e with this seemingly simple question. How can I manipulate the below command to reflect the previous day and not the current date? the command is: elm -s “SAP prs for `date... (4 Replies)

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Whats the difference between using date in these 2 methods? How exactly does the shell handle the first one different from the second one? $ echo $date $ echo $(date) Tue Aug 16 03:10:25 EDT 2011 (5 Replies)

10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hello All, Greetings all !! I have a query here, following are the points on same(Adding today's is 31st August 2016 for future reference). 1st Scenario: So while doing some work on GNU date, I wanted to check what was the month(in numbers) by GNU date so I have done following. date... (2 Replies)