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seq date for generators

Print sequences of dates.

Signature

> seq date {flags}

Flags

  • --output-format, -o {string}: prints dates in this format (defaults to %Y-%m-%d)
  • --input-format, -i {string}: give argument dates in this format (defaults to %Y-%m-%d)
  • --begin-date, -b {string}: beginning date range
  • --end-date, -e {string}: ending date
  • --increment, -n {int}: increment dates by this number
  • --days, -d {int}: number of days to print
  • --reverse, -r: print dates in reverse

Input/output types:

input output
nothing list<string>

Examples

print the next 10 days in YYYY-MM-DD format with newline separator 

> seq date --days 10

print the previous 10 days in YYYY-MM-DD format with newline separator 

> seq date --days 10 --reverse

print the previous 10 days starting today in MM/DD/YYYY format with newline separator 

> seq date --days 10 -o '%m/%d/%Y' --reverse

print the first 10 days in January, 2020

> seq date --begin-date '2020-01-01' --end-date '2020-01-10'
╭───┬────────────╮
│ 0 │ 2020-01-01 │
│ 1 │ 2020-01-02 │
│ 2 │ 2020-01-03 │
│ 3 │ 2020-01-04 │
│ 4 │ 2020-01-05 │
│ 5 │ 2020-01-06 │
│ 6 │ 2020-01-07 │
│ 7 │ 2020-01-08 │
│ 8 │ 2020-01-09 │
│ 9 │ 2020-01-10 │
╰───┴────────────╯

print every fifth day between January 1st 2020 and January 31st 2020 

> seq date --begin-date '2020-01-01' --end-date '2020-01-31' --increment 5
╭───┬────────────╮
│ 0 │ 2020-01-01 │
│ 1 │ 2020-01-06 │
│ 2 │ 2020-01-11 │
│ 3 │ 2020-01-16 │
│ 4 │ 2020-01-21 │
│ 5 │ 2020-01-26 │
│ 6 │ 2020-01-31 │
╰───┴────────────╯