how to get the last word from file

[Ari Moisio]

Hi!

   Quick & dirty:-)
echo $(cal) | tail -c 3


-- 
arimo

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Ned wrote:

> Hi list,
> I am using the cal command to get current month. What I need for my shell script is how many days are there in the current month, that is, the last listed date for that month is that very number.
> How can I get that number?
> cal | tail -1
> and then what?
>
> Many thanks!
> Ned
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