Display last month

byran cheung · 05-31-2015, 10:43 PM

I know the command many display current month and year .

Code:

#date +%b%Y

Jun2015

If I want to show the last month and year ( as current month is Jun2015, I would like display May2015 , if current is Jan2016 , then display Dec2015 ) , would advise what can I do ? thanks

syg00 · 06-01-2015, 01:20 AM

"man date" - go to the bottom.

TB0ne · 06-01-2015, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by byran cheung

I know the command many display current month and year .

Code:

#date +%b%Y

Jun2015

If I want to show the last month and year ( as current month is Jun2015, I would like display May2015 , if current is Jan2016 , then display Dec2015 ) , would advise what can I do ? thanks

You can look up any of the easily-found examples with a brief Google search, and show some effort of your own, as you've been asked to do MANY times in MANY other threads you've posted.

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Habitual · 06-01-2015, 12:18 PM

Ah, date magic, gotta love it. I keep a collection of this stuff
tips and clues and format are here...

dslackw · 06-24-2015, 09:51 PM

Code:

date --date="-1 month" +"%B%Y"