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Re: [PLUG] Shell script quickie: yesterday's date
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How about:
date +%Y%m%d -d '-1 day'
jd
Quoting "Michael F. Robbins" <mike@gamerack.com>:
> For you shell scripting wizards out there... I need a script that
> will
> simply echo yesterday's date. This should be according to local time,
> not GMT. For example, if run today, it should simply echo "20020324".
>
> I've been playing with the 'date' command, and `date +%Y%m%d` gives
> exactly what I want, except with today's date. I think the '-d'
> option
> is useful, but I'm not sure what the argument should be.
>
> Ah, it feels good to be back on PLUG, with my mail server now running
> debian... Goodbye, rpm dependencies!
>
> Michael F. Robbins
> mike@gamerack.com
>
>
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