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date:tldr:9c1f1

date: Change the current system date to a specific date.
$ date ${month}-${day}-${year}
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The command "date ${month}-${day}-${year}" is used to display the current date in a specific format. The format is determined by the values of the variables "month", "day", and "year".

Here's how it works:

  • The dollar sign ($) indicates that the following text is a variable.
  • "${month}" denotes the value stored in the "month" variable.
  • "-" is a literal hyphen character.
  • "${day}" denotes the value stored in the "day" variable.
  • "${year}" denotes the value stored in the "year" variable.

To use this command, you need to replace "${month}", "${day}", and "${year}" with the desired numeric values. For example, if you want to display the date as "12-25-2022", you would replace the variables with "12", "25", and "2022" respectively.

Overall, this command dynamically generates a date string based on the assigned variables to match the format "${month}-${day}-${year}".

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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