Need help with simple bash script

[earthicle]

Hi,

I'm just trying to make a simple date script that corresponds to different arguements...

The filename is dates.sh

#!/bin/bash

date +"%D"

date +"%d/%m/%y"

date +"%A, %B %d %Y"

date +"%s"

I just want to be able to have the arguement "one" to correspond to the first date format (date +"%D"). So that when I type ./dates.sh one, only the first date format is displayed and so on.

I would appreciate it if someone could help me out.

Thanks!

[atreyu]

Hi,

I'm just trying to make a simple date script that corresponds to different arguements...

The filename is dates.sh

#!/bin/bash

date +"%D"

date +"%d/%m/%y"

date +"%A, %B %d %Y"

date +"%s"

I just want to be able to have the arguement "one" to correspond to the first date format (date +"%D"). So that when I type ./dates.sh one, only the first date format is displayed and so on.

I would appreciate it if someone could help me out.

Thanks!

#!/bin/bash
case $1 in
  one)
date +"%D"
    ;;
  two)
date +"%d/%m/%y"
    ;;
  three)
date +"%A, %B %d %Y"
    ;;
  four)
date +"%s"
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {one|two|three|four}"
    exit 1
esac

untested, but should work.

[earthicle]

thanks a lot, worked like a charm. first attempt at this and that definitely helped.

sorry about the double post, i didn't see this category initially.

[atreyu]

thanks a lot, worked like a charm. first attempt at this and that definitely helped.

Glad you got it sorted. Be sure to check out the Bash man page in the future. You can read about the case statement and positional parameters ($1, $2, etc.) and other useful things:

man bash

sorry about the double post, i didn't see this category initially.

Hey, no worries! Enjoy your stay here.