Paul Bijnens wrote:

====== cut here == Version 2, using one subprocess only
#!/bin/sh
# First friday of the month
case `date +%d%a` in
    [1-7]Fri) amdump monthly ;;
    *)  amdump daily ;;
esac
====== cut here

Oops, "date +%d" results in a zero padded two digit date, so
that should be:

> ====== cut here == Version 2, using one subprocess only
> #!/bin/sh
> # First friday of the month
> case `date +%d%a` in
>     0[1-7]Fri) amdump monthly ;;
>     *)  amdump daily ;;
> esac
> ====== cut here


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