On 30Jan2011 12:54, sunhux G <sunhux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I'm trying to get yesterday's date in YYYYMMDD format. | | Anyone know if RHES 4.x has GNU date that allows | yesterday=$(date -d "-1 day" '+%Y%m%d') Yes, it does. | & if there's no GNU date, how do we go about obtaining it? Off the many mirror sites? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ My favorite recently spotted T-shirt: "U.S. Marines: When it absolutely positively has to be destroyed overnight." - maxfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Avoid normal situations.) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list