Re: Unix shell Question

• Yuval Arnon <Yuval.Arnon_at_wwfent.com> on 02/28/02 13:37:59 -0800

>
> Hi,
> Need help in Unix shell.
> Is there a way to compute the previous date (similar to sysdate - 1 in SQL)
> using the date expression??

With gnu date use "date --date='yesterday'", with Perl Date::Manip will handle "$count days before", $otherdate.

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