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Bash: Loop over dates
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date_loop.sh
#!/bin/bash
now=`date +"%Y-%m-%d" -d "05/06/2012"`
end=`date +"%Y-%m-%d" -d "05/23/2012"`
while [ "$now" != "$end" ] ;
do
now=`date +"%Y-%m-%d" -d "$now + 1 day"`;
echo $now
done
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tanzyy commented Mar 28, 2017

on Mac, use -v option.

$(date -v -1d +"%Y-%m-%d")

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