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Old 02-05-2009
Validate Variables insert from user
Hi

Can you help me validate 2 variables?The first is an input date from the user and should be like this (yyyy-mm-dd). The second variable is an input time from the user and should be like this(hh:mm).When the input is wrong i want to give the chance to the user to insert again the date or time !! I appreciate your help. Its my 2nd script but never faced similar problem before!!

Peter!
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Old 02-05-2009
date=$( ckdate -f "%Y-%m-%e" )

time=$( cktime )
Last edited by quirkasaurus; 02-05-2009 at 12:50 PM..
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Old 02-05-2009
thank u
it works for time but not for the date.When i enter for ex. 2009-01-13 then it asks me again to enter date
# 4  
Old 02-05-2009
don't know what to tell you... cut-n-paste what i gave you works on my systems....

try just:

ckdate

on the command line and see if the default format works for you.
# 5  
Old 02-05-2009
Ok i found the problem
it should be date=$( ckdate -f "%Y-%m-%d" ):P

it works fine
thanks a lot.appreciate your help!!
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Old 02-05-2009
oopsy!! sorry!

that was exact thing i was trying to avoid using "e". doh!
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Old 02-05-2009
well i have another issue..Don't know if you can help me..
I read a variable from the user and then i use awk to search a file to find matching dates with the variable given so i can print the line(the folder its like a calendar)! I wrote this code but its completely wrong.

echo Give the date you wish ti display
read date
awk '{ if ($1=$date) print $1"\t"$2"\t"$3"\t"$4"\t"$5"\t"$6}' <file
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