1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi , I have written a shell script that takes the current date on the server and stores it in a file. echo get /usr/home/data-`date '+%Y%d'`.xml> /usr/local/sandeep/GetFILE.ini I call this GetFILE.ini file from an sftp program to fetch a file from /usr/home/ as location. The file is in... (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, i have used the search already before someone shouts at me and i have seen the 'datecalc' program but this is not working correctly for me in the shell and environment i am using. I am using solaris 10 and bourne shell. I have two dates '07-04-2009' and '05-05-2009'. I just need to... (2 Replies)

3. Solaris

Hi, We have Solaris10.2.3 server. If we execute command `date` on Command Line Promt it shows time - >Tue Jun 23 11:35:55 BST 2009 - which is correct However if the command is executed through cron it gives - >Tue Jun 23 10:35:55 ESTEDT 2009 - which is wrong Request you to help me in... (1 Reply)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Everyone, # cat b Sat 12 Sep 2009 10:31:49 PM MYT;a;a;a;Sun 13 Sep 2009 11:32:49 AM MYT; Sat 13 Sep 2009 10:31:49 PM MYT;a;a;a;Mon 14 Sep 2009 10:31:49 PM MYT; Sat 14 Sep 2009 10:31:49 PM MYT;a;a;a;Sun 13 Sep 2009 10:31:49 PM MYT; # sort -t';' -k5 b Sat 13 Sep 2009 10:31:49 PM... (8 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I need to write a shell script (bash) that takes a date as an in-parameter an decides if its winter or summer time. I have diffrent dates like 20150112 , 200901028 , 200100605 etc. The rule for winter/summer time is : Summer time spans between the last Sunday in march 02:00 to the... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello folks Below command shows current date echo `date +%Y-%m-%d` 2010-04-21 How to show one day old date, i want see like 2010-04-20 (1 Reply)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have TDATE=$(date '+%b %d') That stores "Sep 01" in the TDATE. How I can store "Sep 1"? Thanks in advance (3 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi , Here is the smaller version of the problem. Working individually as command ************************>echo $SHELL /bin/bash ************************>TO_DAY=`date` ************************>echo $TO_DAY Tue Jul 16 02:28:31 EDT 2013 ************************> Not working when... (5 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have posted a code last week about that date format problem, well I have figured out a much lesser coding. #!/usr/bin/bash clear export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8 if ; then echo " Incorrect Number of Arguments"; echo " Usage : Main_Script <FROM_DATE>... (1 Reply)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

How to compare two input date string? What I am basically trying to get here is get file names in a directory for a particular date range. I would like to get the file data growth over a certain period of time. When below code ran I am getting error - -sh: 20190929: No such file or... (4 Replies)