Didn't see it in the man page, but date +"%u" appears to print the day of the week starting from Monday. For example.
ahopkins@ahopkins:~$ date Fri Nov 9 00:00:04 CST 2001 ahopkins@ahopkins:~$ date +"%u" 5 FYI. --a _______________________________________________ Bug-sh-utils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-sh-utils
