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Old 07-16-2013
How to find the date of previous day in shell script?
Hi Experts,

i am using the below code get the date of previous day.

#!/usr/bin/ksh

datestamp=`date '+%Y%m%d'`
yest=$((datestamp -1))
echo $yest

When i execute the code i am getting output as:

20130715

What i am trying here is, based on the date passed i am fetching previus day's date.

for example:

If date passed is date = 16/07/2013, i need date of previous day

15/07/2013 but now i am getting output as 20130715, how can i convert this to format 15/07/2013

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Scott; 07-16-2013 at 03:52 AM.. Reason: Double post. Closed.
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widget_calendar

widget_calendar(n)					    widget::calendar Megawidget 					widget_calendar(n)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME

       widget_calendar - widget::calendar Megawidget

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require Tk  8.4

       package require widget  ?3.0?

       widget::calendar pathname ?options?

_________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).

       widget::calendar pathname ?options?

WIDGET OPTIONS

       -command
	      A script to evaluate when a date was selected.

       -dateformat
	      The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y.

       -firstday
	      Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday.

       -font  Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9.

       -highlightcolor
	      Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00

       -language
	      Specify  language of the calendar contents. The language is specified by abbreviations of the languge, for example: en - english, de
	      - german ...  It defaults to en.

	      Supported languages: en, de, fr, it, es, pt, ru, sv, zh, fi

       -shadecolor
	      Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888

       -showpast
	      Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1.

       -textvariable
	      Specifies the name of a variable whose value is linked to the entry widget's contents.  Whenever the  variable  changes  value,  the
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WIDGET COMMAND

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DEFAULT BINDINGS

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       o      Control-Up - Move to year before current date

       o      Control-Down - Move to year after current date

EXAMPLE

	   package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
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KEYWORDS

       megawidget, snit, widget

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