Find EOM in Unix crontab

If it returns a true it will run script.  This script does work.

Did you try my suggestions?

I will try it tonight and let you know.

This part:

echo \`cal\`

is not executing the cal command, it is merely echoing the string cal - this is why your command in your script is not working.

If you're on Linux (or have GNU date installed on Unix) you could also use its features instead of "cal":

test $(date -d "-1 days +1 month" "+\%d") -eq $(date "+\%d")  && <run the script>

If I remove the echo would it work?

Gerwin - please note that it's nested backticks!

So e. g.

echo `echo \`cal\``

works on command line, but not under cron. The inner backticks must be escaped twice there.

Only change you need to make is getting the cal command to run:

test `echo $(cal) | awk '{print $NF}'` -eq `date +%d`

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^^^ this is working and is returning a $? of 0 (so true).

@wmp - I know - I never nest backticks :D

>> If I remove the echo would it work?   <<

No, because you'll get multi line output then.

This will work:

cal | tail -1 |awk '{print $NF}'

Gerwin - I don't even use backticks if at all possible!

I was able to get my script to run by using [ $(echo $(cal) |awk '{print $NF}') -eq $(date +\%d) ] &&.

Thanks for your help

You're always welcome. Glad I could help!

wmp

Please, what are your reasons for giving grade B?
You wrote above that you followed exactly my suggestion!

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wmp