Try something like this: date +"%d" --date="`date +\"%b 1 1 month\"` 1 day ago" There's probably a simpler way using the date command, but that should work. Hth, Trevor On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Ned wrote: > Hi list, > I am using the cal command to get current month. What I need for my shell script is how many days are there in the current month, that is, the last listed date for that month is that very number. > How can I get that number? > cal | tail -1 > and then what? > > Many thanks! > Ned > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
