date +%b = Aug, how get one month before, eg. Jul 1

[gargamel100]

Hi all,

date +%b produce
Aug

what to do to with "date" to get one month before, in this case Jul

thanks in advance

 

[feherke]

Hi

[blue]master #[/blue] date +%b
Aug

[blue]master #[/blue] date -d '-1 month' +%b
Jul

[blue]master #[/blue] date --version
date (GNU coreutils) 6.9

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[gargamel100]

Thank you very much

Best wishes