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Getting previous date/day
Hi,

Is there a command which will help me get the previous date/day in Unix.

For example, I want to count the number of Thursdays in the month till today.

Thanks.
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Old July 1st, 2004, 02:55 PM
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See:

http://www.unix.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13785

There are lots of ways, none all that simple.
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