date formatting in script

[lent]

I am new to scripting
I want to format date and time to search for directories
that are in ccyy/mm/dd/hh format
if I take the date how do I format it to look back and forward for day month or hour???

thanks for any help?????

Bull

 

[grega]

Not entirely sure what you mean.

The command date +%Y/%m/%d/%H will give the current date in the format ccyy/mm/dd/hh

If you look at the man page for strftime you will get a list of all date formatting options.

Can you give more info on what you mean by "searching back and forward"?

Greg.

 

[lent]

Thanks greg,

That part I knew
I am looking to back track and subtract from the day hour or month and format it properly...

Any quick suggestions



Thanks again

bull

 

[MikeLacey]

have a look at faq80-953 - the shell script bit is at the bottom of the faq Mike
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