thanks
Eric Crist wrote:
On Nov 9, 2007, at 11:46 AM, Bill Banks wrote:
I'm writing a backup script. I need to get the day of the week into
a variable. How can I do it?
Well, it depends on what you're using. If you're using sh, see `man
date`. If you're using perl, it's quite complicated.
In short, with sh, simply use the built-in date command:
#!/bin/sh
weekday=`date "+%A"
See also man 3 strftime
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