On 08-Oct-2003/08:50 -0400, Marvin Blackburn <mblackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Is there anyway to use `date` to calculate yesterdays date. >If not, is there any other way to do this easily? date -d yesterday or date -d '1 day ago' The latter syntax is more flexible. I often use it in scripts. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Cagreene@xxxxxxxxx%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list