get three-letter day name from date command












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date +%b


gives me the three-letter abbreviation of the current month name (I found that out online, it's not in my man date nor can I find the answer to this question in my man date).



How do I get the current day name? e.g. Sun, Mon, Tue, etc. ?






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    date +%b


    gives me the three-letter abbreviation of the current month name (I found that out online, it's not in my man date nor can I find the answer to this question in my man date).



    How do I get the current day name? e.g. Sun, Mon, Tue, etc. ?






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      date +%b


      gives me the three-letter abbreviation of the current month name (I found that out online, it's not in my man date nor can I find the answer to this question in my man date).



      How do I get the current day name? e.g. Sun, Mon, Tue, etc. ?






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      date +%b


      gives me the three-letter abbreviation of the current month name (I found that out online, it's not in my man date nor can I find the answer to this question in my man date).



      How do I get the current day name? e.g. Sun, Mon, Tue, etc. ?






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          From man date:



          %a     locale's abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun)





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          • oh that's not in my man date but it works. When I search abbr in my man page it just shows yy and cc
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            FWIW you might see the full list detailed in the man page for strftime, the system call which date makes use of.
            – steve
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            @steve oh cool, thank you. Indeed %a is replaced by national representation of the abbreviated weekday name. is in my man strftime
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday






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            To be pedantic, strftime is a library call (in section 3 of the manual) not a system call.
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          From man date:



          %a     locale's abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun)





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          • oh that's not in my man date but it works. When I search abbr in my man page it just shows yy and cc
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday








          • 2




            FWIW you might see the full list detailed in the man page for strftime, the system call which date makes use of.
            – steve
            yesterday






          • 1




            @steve oh cool, thank you. Indeed %a is replaced by national representation of the abbreviated weekday name. is in my man strftime
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday






          • 1




            To be pedantic, strftime is a library call (in section 3 of the manual) not a system call.
            – icarus
            yesterday
















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          From man date:



          %a     locale's abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun)





          share|improve this answer























          • oh that's not in my man date but it works. When I search abbr in my man page it just shows yy and cc
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday








          • 2




            FWIW you might see the full list detailed in the man page for strftime, the system call which date makes use of.
            – steve
            yesterday






          • 1




            @steve oh cool, thank you. Indeed %a is replaced by national representation of the abbreviated weekday name. is in my man strftime
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday






          • 1




            To be pedantic, strftime is a library call (in section 3 of the manual) not a system call.
            – icarus
            yesterday














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          From man date:



          %a     locale's abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun)





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          From man date:



          %a     locale's abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun)






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          • oh that's not in my man date but it works. When I search abbr in my man page it just shows yy and cc
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday








          • 2




            FWIW you might see the full list detailed in the man page for strftime, the system call which date makes use of.
            – steve
            yesterday






          • 1




            @steve oh cool, thank you. Indeed %a is replaced by national representation of the abbreviated weekday name. is in my man strftime
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday






          • 1




            To be pedantic, strftime is a library call (in section 3 of the manual) not a system call.
            – icarus
            yesterday


















          • oh that's not in my man date but it works. When I search abbr in my man page it just shows yy and cc
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday








          • 2




            FWIW you might see the full list detailed in the man page for strftime, the system call which date makes use of.
            – steve
            yesterday






          • 1




            @steve oh cool, thank you. Indeed %a is replaced by national representation of the abbreviated weekday name. is in my man strftime
            – theonlygusti
            yesterday






          • 1




            To be pedantic, strftime is a library call (in section 3 of the manual) not a system call.
            – icarus
            yesterday
















          oh that's not in my man date but it works. When I search abbr in my man page it just shows yy and cc
          – theonlygusti
          yesterday






          oh that's not in my man date but it works. When I search abbr in my man page it just shows yy and cc
          – theonlygusti
          yesterday






          2




          2




          FWIW you might see the full list detailed in the man page for strftime, the system call which date makes use of.
          – steve
          yesterday




          FWIW you might see the full list detailed in the man page for strftime, the system call which date makes use of.
          – steve
          yesterday




          1




          1




          @steve oh cool, thank you. Indeed %a is replaced by national representation of the abbreviated weekday name. is in my man strftime
          – theonlygusti
          yesterday




          @steve oh cool, thank you. Indeed %a is replaced by national representation of the abbreviated weekday name. is in my man strftime
          – theonlygusti
          yesterday




          1




          1




          To be pedantic, strftime is a library call (in section 3 of the manual) not a system call.
          – icarus
          yesterday




          To be pedantic, strftime is a library call (in section 3 of the manual) not a system call.
          – icarus
          yesterday


















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