how can i change Apr to 4 ,May to 5..

[iambluegary]

in hpux ,when i use date,it show:
Fri Apr 26 08:58:24 EAT 2002
but i need the month in number,so i can use it in my shell script to search some files.
how can i make a shell that i can use in other shelles to change it ,i dont konw how can one shell use another shell to finish one function.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This will show the current month as a numeric:

# date +%m

Following gives you year,month and date (eg. 20020426) together:

# date +%Y%m%d

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[S.K. Chan]

Date command can be displayed in so many ways including displaying month as decimel. Check
the man pages for details.
# man date
Basically one example ..
# date +%m%d
0425

[iambluegary]

thank you so much ,you are so helpful