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# 1  
Old 05-19-2008
Getting month and changing format
Hello,

I would like to get todays moth and write it in this format: _06_

Any ideas?
# 2  
Old 05-19-2008
don't know about todays moth, but to get the current month:
Code:
echo _`date '+%m'`_

# 3  
Old 05-19-2008
Or:

Code:
date "+_%m_"

Read the man page how to format the date string.
# 4  
Old 05-19-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver
Code:
echo "_"$(date '+%m')"_"

_05_

# 5  
Old 05-19-2008
I meant the current month... Didn't make myself clear...

I want to use it in a link, so that say the month is January, _01_ is written into the link..
# 6  
Old 05-19-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyg
Code:
echo "_"$(date '+%m')"_"

_05_

Thanks for the quick response. I'm a no good programmer. How would you use this...

I tried:

Code:
my $month=echo(""_"$(date '+%m')"_"");

with no luck...?
# 7  
Old 05-19-2008
The following will assign the month as a number to a variable.

Code:
> curr_mth=$(echo "_"$(date '+%m')"_")
> echo $curr_mth
_05_
>

 
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