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Old 07-12-2006
Bash comparing date
Cound anyone help me on how to compare date in Unix using if function on bash file?

current=date

if ["$current" = 7/12/06] ###syntax is wrong, could anyone correct it for me
then
rm -rf /usr/local/src
fi

Thank You...
# 2  
Old 07-12-2006
Can anyone give me the syntax for the date to be recognize as date:[yyyy-mm-d]?
# 3  
Old 07-12-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanford Co
Cound anyone help me on how to compare date in Unix using if function on bash file?

current=date

if ["$current" = 7/12/06] ###syntax is wrong, could anyone correct it for me
then
rm -rf /usr/local/src
fi

Thank You...
Notice the whitespace.

Code:
if [ "$current" = "7/12/06" ] ; then
rm -rf /usr/local/src
fi

# 4  
Old 07-12-2006
it still doesn't work. date:command not found.

#!/bin/sh

current=date
if ["$current" = "7/12/06"]
then
echo "test"
fi
# 5  
Old 07-12-2006
it worked!!! I just need to put the white spacing.. Thank You
# 6  
Old 07-12-2006
the bash file worked with no error. But its not comparing the date i wanted it to be executed. Please help. Thank You.
# 7  
Old 07-12-2006
There are plenty posts about date comparison on this forum, try to search first
 
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