On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 06:11 +0100, David Haller wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Bryen wrote: > >For all you scripting gurus out there. Can you help me out? > > > >I'm trying to convert a value to an output to the user of > >minutes:seconds. > > > >For example: > >if $A=100 (for seconds) > >Then echo "This is 1:40 minutes" > > > >How would I do this? > > POSIX Shell (e.g. bash, ksh and others): > > ==== > for secondsin in 1 59 61 100 101 10000; do > temp=$secondsin; > h=$(( temp / 3600 )); > if test $h -gt 0; then > temp=$(( temp - h * 3600 )); > fi > m=$(( temp / 60 )); > s=$(( temp % 60 )); > printf "%i second(s) are %i hours, %i minutes and %i seconds\n" \ > $secondsin $h $m $s; > done > ==== > > Adjust the output-format as you like, you got the neccessary numbers > neatly seperated in $h, $m and $s. > > See "Arithmetic Expansion" or something like that in the manpage of > your shell. > > Tested with bash 2.03 (in bash and sh mode), pdksh 5.2 and zsh 3.0. > > pdksh and zsh seem to have no 'printf' builtin (/usr/bin/printf is > used), but that should not be a problem. > > Any questions? > > HTH, > -dnh > > -- > "The Unix phenomenon is scary. It doesn't go away." -- Steve Ballmer
Now that was a fun one! :-) The earlier python one worked superbly as well, but this one I can understand it a little better and able to tweak it to my preferences/needs. Thanks man! Really impressed with how everyone has come up with different and effective variations of time scripting. You're all invited to my place for drinks this weekend! -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
