getting previous date. 2

[cleansedbb]

this isnt a major problem because I can just change the
time of process but I have a cron that changes a log
file to the date, thing is I didnt think and then
made a ftp program to send it the next day. well the
next day TODAYSDATE.log doesnt exist.

how do I get yesterdays date?

the way I'm getting date now is

DATE = `date +%m%d%Y`

is there a way to %d -1 = yesterdays date?

Thanks

CBB

 

[RobJordan]

Check out Mike Lacey's faq.

faq80-953

Robert Robert G. Jordan
Unix Sys Admin
Sleepy Hollow, Illinois U.S.A.

http://www.InYourMind.com

FREE Unix Scripts

 

[olded]

Hi:

FAQ80-952 is a good Perl solution. If you want bourne shell solutions for yesterday's date and tomorrow's date, check out:

http://unix.about.com/library/weekly/aa070901a.htm

Regards,


Ed
Schaefer

 

[harris79]

To get yesterdays date, I use

> $ TZ=GMT+24 date

Ihope this is what you want.

Steve

 

[RobJordan]

If you look at Mike's faq,
it has a perl and shell solution. Robert G. Jordan
Unix Sys Admin
Sleepy Hollow, Illinois U.S.A.

http://www.InYourMind.com

FREE Unix Scripts