At the time that you define DATE_DIFF, INSERT_TIME has not yet been set. So DATE_DIFF, if your script were run now would provide an assignment similar to:
which gets a syntax error when running expr because - is a binary operator and there is no second operand.
Maybe you meant to create a function named DATE_DIFF instead of a variable named DATE_DIFF?
Hi,
I need subtract two date values (which are in day of the year format) and the output would give the remaining days. using the command date +"%j" i would get today's 'day of the year' i.e.,
> date +"%j"
256
Next, i need to take input of a previous date in the format 09/05/2012 and then... (4 Replies)
In C that was easy with a for and if. Iam trying to learn a litle more in bash.
Example
Ronaldo:5800
Figo:4000
Rafael:2321
Kaka:1230
I want the max of the $2 and the output will be:
The max value is 5800 from Ronaldo.
How can i do this in shell?
Thanks for all, folks. (11 Replies)
What is the difference between test expr VS .
For example :
if test 5 -eq 6
echo "Wrong"
and
if
echo "Wrong"
bot will give the same output as Wrong.
Now, what is the difference between these two? though they are producing the same result why we need two?
Any answer will be... (2 Replies)
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unix.com rocks man!!
I am bit confused about the two commands which are 'top' and 'ps -ef'.:confused:
My requirement is that i want to monitor the CPU usage of Operating system and if the CPU usage is more than 90%... (2 Replies)