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thanks

Eric Crist wrote:
> On Nov 9, 2007, at 11:46 AM, Bill Banks wrote:
>
>> I'm  writing a backup script. I need to get the day of the week into 
>> a variable. How can I do it?
>
> Well, it depends on what you're using.  If you're using sh, see `man 
> date`.  If you're using perl, it's quite complicated.
>
> In short, with sh, simply use the built-in date command:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> weekday=`date "+%A"
>
> See also man 3 strftime
>
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