[sclug] cron expression

[Jonathan H N Chin]

Ed Davies wrote:
> However, I needed:
> [ `date -d+9day +%d` = 01 ] && echo boo
> with a leading zero on the number to get it to say "boo".

It off the top of my head and I didn't actually try it out. Sorry.
I meant numeric "-eq" instead of string "=". I always mix them up.
I suppose there could be a problem if test treats "0n" as octal...
So your alternative is probably a better choice all round.


> > You could give DoM as "28,29,30,31" but it hardly seems worth it.
> 27,28,29,30 surely?

Yes. More evidence that I am a fuzzy thinker.
And my name's not Shirley.


-jonathan

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