date "n" date ago change with variable

[dikiery]

Hi All,
I want to write a script to get a date 5 days ago from current date or after from current date.

perl -MPOSIX -le 'print strftime "%Y-%m-%d",localtime(time-(5*60*60*24))'

i know with the scirpt it's work

but my problem is change the 5 value with a variablem??


$ perl -MPOSIX -le 'print strftime "%Y-%m-%d",localtime(time-(5*60*60*24))'
2009-02-22
$ n=5
$ echo $n
5
$ perl -MPOSIX -le 'print strftime "%Y-%m-%d",localtime(time-($n*60*60*24))'
2009-02-27




help me

thanks

[Dennis Handly]

The shell won't replace $n if in single quotes. So you can use "" instead (and quote each embedded double quote) or stutter the quotes:
perl -MPOSIX -le 'print strftime "%Y-%m-%d",localtime(time-('$n'*60*60*24))'

[dikiery]

@Dennis Handly

thank you very much
:D

[Dennis Handly]

>thank you very much

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[dikiery]

thanks for you'r help