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since i am new to unix can u let me know how the printf can be leveraged for the code u have suggested

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Hi.

Something like:

Code:

$ date '+%m %Y' | awk '{printf "%02d.01.%d\n", ($1-B>0)?$1:12-B+$1, ($1-B>0)?$2:$2-1}' B=8
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