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Old 12-06-2004, 01:35 PM   #1
johniccp
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bash month variable


I would like to execute some bash script ten months during the year, just not July or August. So, I tried to capture the month number and would compare latter, but it doesn't work.

For example:

#!/bin/sh
#
declare -i mon='date +%m'
echo $mon

Produces an error.
-bash: declare: date +%m: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "%m")

Oh, there must be a better way. Thanks in advance....
 
Old 12-06-2004, 01:41 PM   #2
david_ross
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Just use this (note the backticks):
mon=`date +%m`

If you are running from cron then you can also specify the months to run in field 4:
man crontab
 
  


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