> On 27 Jun 2025, at 12:32, olivares33561 via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear Fedora users, > > I am struggling to create a script that generates a series of dates with special "+%Y.%m.%d" like the following Do you know python? It would be a lot easier to solve using a small amount of python scripting. Barry > > 2025.06.01 > 2025.06.01 > 2025.06.01 > 2025.06.01 > 2025.06.02 > .. > .. > .. > 2025.06.03 > .. > .. > .. > . > Through > 2025.06.30 > > Print four dates of June 1, then June 2, all the way through to June 30 > > I found several examples but can't succeed to get what I want > ------ > > #!/bin/bash > start=$1 > end=$2 > > start=$(date -d $start +%Y%m%d) > end=$(date -d $end +%Y%m%d) > > while [[ $start -le $end ]] > do > echo $start > start=$(date -d"$start + 1 day" +"%Y%m%d") > done > ------ > > bash daterange.sh 2025-07-01 2025-07-16 > 20250701 > 20250702 > 20250703 > 20250704 > 20250705 > 20250706 > 20250707 > 20250708 > 20250709 > 20250710 > 20250711 > 20250712 > 20250713 > 20250714 > 20250715 > 20250716 > > I found the script here: > > > https://techieroop.com/loop-through-a-date-range-in-shell-script/ > > > Fix it to print for example above > > 2025.07.01 > 2025.07.01 > 2025.07.01 > 2025.07.01 > 2025.07.02 > .. > .. > .. > . > . > . > 2025.07.16 > > I have changed date format to %Y.%m.%d but I get errors > > .../Download/mptmp $ bash daterange.sh 2025-07-01 2025-07-16 > daterange.sh: line 8: [[: 2025.07.01: syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is ".07.01") > .../Download/mptmp $ bash daterange.sh 2025.07.01 2025.07.16 > date: invalid date ‘2025.07.01’ > date: invalid date ‘2025.07.16’ > > daterange.sh: line 8: [[: 2025.06.27: syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is ".06.27") > > > How can it be fixed to do what I want? > > Best Regards, > > > Antonio > > > Sent from ProtonMail, encrypted email based in Switzerland. > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > <publickey - olivares33561@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - 0x865D4DD3.asc> > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
