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# 1  
Old 03-14-2006
Newbie convert date ksh
If I have
start = 02282006;
end = 03152006;

How do I get
startdate = 02/28/2006;
enddate = 03/15/2006;

Thanks,
# 2  
Old 03-15-2006
Code:
echo "02282006" | sed -e 's_\(..\)\(..\)\(....\)_\1/\2/\3_g'

or
Code:
start=02282006;
echo "$start" | sed -e 's_\(..\)\(..\)\(....\);_\1/\2/\3;_g'

# 3  
Old 03-15-2006
There are a few ways. Simplest is to use 'cut -c'. Check the man page for more details on this command.
# 4  
Old 03-15-2006
Or, if you want to use shell built-ins only you can reformat the date using fixed length variables:

Code:
function dateformat
{
typeset -L2 d=$1
typeset -R4 y=$1
typeset -R6 t=$1
typeset -L2 m=$t
print ${d}/${m}/${y}
}

print "startdate = $(dateformat 02282006)"
print "enddate = $(dateformat 03152006)"

cheers
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