Rubin, You ol' shell dawg...
The watch command is very cool. Regards, Flint On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Rubin Bennett wrote:
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:27:48 -0500 From: Rubin Bennett <[email protected]> Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fwd: [uug] Happy 1234567890 Day! On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 10:22 -0700, Alvin ONeal wrote:So heres an interesting tidbit for you all, in case you didn't hear. Unix time will be hitting 1234567890 at 4:31:30 (MST) today. 0 corresponds to Jan. 1st 1970. It's nothing important other than interesting. watch -n 1 date +%s watch -n 1 'd=$(date +%s); o=$((1234567890 - ${d})); echo "now=${d}; remaining=${o}"' <sjansen> watch -n 1 'd=$(date +%s); r=$((1234567890 - $d)); h=$(($r / 3600)); s=$(($r - $h * 3600)); m=$(($s / 60)); s=$(($s - $m * 60)); printf "%10d\n%10d\n%02d:%02d:%02d" "$d" "$r" "$h" "$m" "$s"'AJ, you've taught me a new command... watch. Thanks! I've fulfilled my "learn something new every day" requirement for today. Rubin -- Rubin Bennett rbTechnologies, LLC 80 Carleton Boulevard East Montpelier, VT 05651 (802)223-4448 http://thatitguy.com "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
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