How to check my conditions..!!!

[packet]

Hello all,

I am facing one basic problem i don`t know why ? here is my problem

I written script like as follows

while [ 1 ]
do

sone=17:00
send=19:00

check=`uptime | cut -c2,3,4,5,6`

# check will give the current time

here i want to check the " is $check is in between the $sone and $send"

done

how ?

please help ...!!!

[vsemaska]

I would change the variables into numbers by removing the colons.

#!/bin/bash -vx

sone=1700
send=1900

check="`date +%H%M`"

if [ "$check" -ge "$sone" -a "$check" -le "$send" ]
   then echo "Yes"
   fi

EDIT: I would use the date command to get the current time.

[packet]

thanks

what is -vx in the starting ?

and I need to check for 24 hour how i need to write the conditions

I mean i am going to declare 24 strings like as follows

sone=0000
oneend= 0200

stwo=0200
twoend=0400

sthree=0400
threeend=0600

like this it will go for up to 12x2 = 24

#ctime current time


how i need to check the ctime is in between sone and oneend next stwo and twoend next sthree and threeend upto 12


can i use if or what ?

please help ...!!!

[vsemaska]

-vx means show the commands as they are being executed. Helps in debugging.

If you have to break up the time of day into 2 hour increments then a little simple math would do it.

#!/bin/bash -vx
ctime="`date +%H`"
nmbr=$(( ($ctime / 2) + 1))

0000 thru 0159 will return 1
0200 thru 0259 will return 2
.
.
.
2200 thru 2359 with return 12

[packet]

thanks for the solution