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On Fri, 6 Feb 2015 13:42:45 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> #!/bin/bash |
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> xdate=`date +d` |
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> if [ "10#${xdate}" -le 7 ]; then |
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> do_whatever |
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> fi |
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> Note a booby trap here. `date +d` returns a 2-digit number, padded |
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> with a leading zero if necessary. |
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Use "date +%e", which uses a space instead of a zero to pad single digit |
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dates. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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The horizon of many people is a circle with a radius of zero. They call |
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this their point of view. |
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-- Albert Einstein |
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