HowTo Format Date For Display or Use In a Shell Script

You need to use the standard date command to format date or time. You can use the same command with the shell script. Syntax The syntax is date +FORMAT OR date +"%FORMAT" OR date +"%FORMAT%FORMAT" OR date +"%FORMAT-%FORMAT" Task: Display date in mm-dd-yy format Open a terminal and type the following date command: $ date +"%m-%d-%y" Sample output: 02-27-07 To turn on 4 digit year...

What is a Unix Shell?

The shell provides you with an interface to the UNIX system. It gathers input from you and executes programs based on that input. When a program finishes executing, it displays that program's output. A shell is an environment in which we can run our commands, programs, and shell scripts. There are different flavors of shells, just as there are different flavors of operating systems. Each flavor...

Bash (Unix shell)

Bash is a Unix shell written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell (sh).Released in 1989,  it has been distributed widely as the shell for the GNU operating system and as a default shell on Linux and Mac OS X. It has been ported to Microsoft Windows and distributed with Cygwin and MinGW, to DOS by the DJGPP project, to Novell NetWare and to Android...

240 LINUX U HAVE TO TRY

 How many have you tried? Have a look Linux is all about freedom, experiments and versatility! We all know about popular Linux distros like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, Redhat etc., but do you know that there are over 400 Linux distros! So if the adventurous geek inside you is still alive.  Absolute LinuxOfficial website AbulEduOfficial website AgiliaLinuxOfficial website aLinuxOfficial...