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#!/usr/bin/ksh
date '+%m %d %Y' |
{
read MONTH DAY YEAR
DAY=`expr "$DAY" - 1`
case "$DAY" in
0)
MONTH=`expr "$MONTH" - 1`
case "$MONTH" in
0)
MONTH=12
YEAR=`expr "$YEAR" - 1`
;;
esac
DAY=`cal $MONTH $YEAR | grep . | fmt -1 | tail -1`
esac
echo "Yesterday was: $MONTH $DAY $YEAR"
}
date '+%m %d %Y' |
{
read MONTH DAY YEAR
DAY=`expr "$DAY" - 1`
case "$DAY" in
0)
MONTH=`expr "$MONTH" - 1`
case "$MONTH" in
0)
MONTH=12
YEAR=`expr "$YEAR" - 1`
;;
esac
DAY=`cal $MONTH $YEAR | grep . | fmt -1 | tail -1`
esac
echo "Yesterday was: $MONTH $DAY $YEAR"
}
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