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Old 07-10-2012
need help scripting a date when the date is 1st to 9th
I'm new to scripting, I am trying to get the current month and date in my script I have this line
Code:
MYDATE=`date '+%b %d'`

this works for dates 10-31, but it returns a 09 for the 9th, where the file name has a 9,

I tried
Code:
MYDATE=`date '+%b %_d'`

but that returns Jul %_d

I need it to return Jul 9 and not Jul 09

I just need to get the current month date and pull any lines that match it from a log file

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Last edited by vbe; 07-10-2012 at 09:43 AM..
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Old 07-10-2012
Code:
DATE(P) 		   POSIX Programmer's Manual		       DATE(P)

       %e     Day of the month as a decimal number [1,31] in a two-digit field
	      with leading space character fill.

Will this do? Or you need to trim the space too?
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Old 07-10-2012
Try this, it should lose the extra space from the %e.
Code:
MYDATE=`date '+%b %e' | tr -s " "`

However if it turns out that you need that extra space (As you often do when looking at system logs):
Code:
MYDATE="`date '+%b %e'`"


Pity you didn't post this yesterday!
Last edited by methyl; 07-10-2012 at 09:57 AM.. Reason: mispaste
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Old 07-10-2012
Here is a way of testing: (linux)
Code:
date -d " 1 day ago" '+%b %e'
Jul  9

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Old 07-10-2012
Thank you this worked like a charm

Code:
 
MYDATE="`date '+%b %e'`"

Last edited by rsurwill; 07-10-2012 at 10:06 AM..
# 6  
Old 07-10-2012
And for unix in timezones near the meridian (not an accurate way of getting yesterday's date):

Code:
TZ=GMT+24 date '+%b %e'|tr -s " "
Jul 9

TZ=GMT+24 date '+%b %e'
Jul  9

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