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From: "Eric Rehm" <rehm AT singingfish DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: FW: Bash and $(date)
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 07:41:12 -0800
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Is there an easy way to get *yesterday's* date using the date command
in a bash script?

I know how to parse the date, use integer variables, etc., but I'd rather
not have to put in all the year, month, day logic into a script.

/eric rehm


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