[ale] Bash script help

Dylan Northrup docx at io.com
Wed Mar 12 08:13:35 EDT 2008


A long time ago, (12.03.08), in a galaxy far, far away, Doctor Who wrote:

:=I'm trying to return the value of when the last time the root password
:=was changed.  The script would do something like:
:=
:=1) more /etc/shadow | grep root | awk -F: '{print $3}'
:=2) Take above value and add 1
:=3) Multiple the result by 86400
:=4) Substitute the value above after the @ below
:=5) date -d @XXXX +"%B %d %G"
:=6) Give me the output value of this
:=
:=I would like to keep this done using bash.  Any help appreciated.

Happy to help.  My consulting rates for bash scripts are $60/hour (1 hour
minimum).  Contact me off-list.

:-)

-- 
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"Harder to work, harder to strive, hard to be glad to be alive, but it's
 really worth it if you give it a try." -- Cowboy Mouth, 'Easy'


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