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Old 03-04-2005
Capturing previous date in UNIX

Hi All,

Hope you can help me out here...This is what I'm doing:

% date '+%y.%m.%d'
05.03.05

How can I tweak this so that it gives me the PREVIOUS date, more specifically:
05.03.04

Hope you all can help.

Thanks!!!

Vince
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Old 03-04-2005
Yesterdays Date/Date Arithmetic would be quickly found if you would scan our FAQ section.
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Old 03-04-2005
The linux (gnu) version of date does date arithmetic as well
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Old 03-04-2005
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Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
The linux (gnu) version of date does date arithmetic as well
Doesn't anyone read the faq articles? Smilie The gnu date command is one of the roughly half dozen techniques mentioned. I will close this thread before we rehash them all.
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