Bash Scripting, Echo Formatted Date Time string

By On January 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Linux, Tips

How to echo date in Bash script:

echo `date`

How to format:

echo `date +'%d %m %Y'`

How to get yesterday’s date?


echo `date --date='-1 day' +'%d/%m/%Y'`
echo `date --date='yesterday' +'%d/%m/%Y'`
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