Frequent Question: How Can I Get Previous Date in Linux?
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How do I find the previous date in Unix?

In order to get 1 day back date using date command: date -v -1d It will give (current date -1) means 1 day before . date -v +1d This will give (current date +1) means 1 day after.

How do I get previous month in Linux?

How to get first date of last month and last date of last month in Linux or Bash – Quora. First day of month is always the first, so it is easy: $ date -d “month ago” “+%Y/%m/01”

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