Matthew_S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can i have something like; > > if > difference between dates <5seconds > echo fail > fi
date1=`perl -e 'print time()'` ... date2=`perl -e 'print time()'` interval=`expr "$date2" - "$date1"` if test 5 -gt "$interval"; then echo fail fi On some systems, you could also use "date +%s" instead of perl, if you prefer. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
