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Created October 29, 2012 00:05
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Simple Shell Script to Count Down
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countdown.sh
#!/bin/sh
EVENT_DAY='2013-06-04'
INTERVAL=60
while true
do
S1=`date '+%s'`
S2=`date -d $EVENT_DAY '+%s'`
REMAINS=`expr '(' $S2 '-' $S1 ')' '/' 86400`
clear
echo $REMAINS 'Day(s) Left'
sleep $INTERVAL
done
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