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Old 05-14-2014
Date on crontab
Hi,
I'm new to Linux and I'm trying to do some script.
In particular, a part of that script is the following one:

Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/bash
path_s="/home/piros2/"
input_list=$path_s"input_list.txt"
date +%Y-%m-%d --date=" 10 days ago" >> $input_list

The script (script.sh) is executed from crontab:

Code:
54 11 * * * /home/piros2/script.sh


The result is that, input_list.txt cointains the current date, so 2014-05-14.
I need to have the date of 10 days ago.
Any suggestions?

Than you all.

Piros
Last edited by Piros; 05-14-2014 at 09:34 AM..
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Old 05-14-2014
Welcome to the forum. Please wrap your codes in code tags.

As to your question, you may have to provide the full path to date. Like:
Code:
/bin/date +%Y-%m-%d --date=" 10 days ago"

This User Gave Thanks to chacko193 For This Post:
Piros
# 3  
Old 05-14-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by chacko193
Welcome to the forum. Please wrap your codes in code tags.

As to your question, you may have to provide the full path to date. Like:
Code:
/bin/date +%Y-%m-%d --date=" 10 days ago"

Now it works!!
Thank you Smilie

Piros
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