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Old 03-26-2014
How to write a shell script to Run it the from Date A to Date B?
Hi ,

How would i write a shell script to run the code from one date to another date EXample 2014-01-01 to 2014-02-28, can i any provide some clue on this
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Old 03-26-2014
Well for that we would need to know what the script will be doing...
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Old 03-26-2014
This script will be coping file for one directory to other directory
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Old 03-26-2014
With such a minimalist answer, what if the destination drawer has filename(s) the same as the one(s) you want to copy?
Do you want to automatically overwrite them or create backup copies of these files?
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Old 03-27-2014
Are you just after the test to check if the date is within range or something more? Have a look at the manual pages for the date command to see all the options you can give. To me it looks like you are after the first day of a given month to the last day of a given month, so you just need to check year and month.
Code:
man date

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