Need to Find First Day of the month from the current date.

Ris124 · 12-02-2016, 05:24 AM

Hi There,

I am trying to find the first day from the current date of the month.

For Example:
If current date is 12/2/2016 then,
I should get 'Thu' (i.e first day of the month) as the output.

Thanks in Advance.

syg00 · 12-02-2016, 05:39 AM

Sounds reasonable - let's see what you have tried.

wpeckham · 12-02-2016, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ris124

Hi There,

I am trying to find the first day from the current date of the month.

For Example:
If current date is 12/2/2016 then,
I should get 'Thu' (i.e first day of the month) as the output.

Thanks in Advance.

Interesting. You do not want the date, but only the day of the week short form?
I am eager to see what you have tried.

Turbocapitalist · 12-02-2016, 06:48 AM

You might need some hints. The utility "date" has a good manual page and there you will find a section on date formats. There it is possible to choose how the date is presented, including whether it is just a day name.

Habitual · 12-02-2016, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ris124

Hi There,

I am trying to find the first day from the current date of the month.

Look at a calendar? Sorry, could not resist.

First day of the current month:

Code:

date -d "-1 month -$(($(date +%d)-1)) days"

rknichols · 12-02-2016, 09:37 AM

It's actually pretty straightforward:

Code:

date -d "$(date +%B) 1" +%a