Hi , I am trying to write the script , i want to run particular task only on tue and fri, its not working what am i doing wrong can someone help...am i missing some bracket or i have to use -o (Boolean OR)...i have tried through sanityrun_day=`date '+%a'` if[ $sanityrun_day = 'Tue'-o $sanityrun_day = 'Fri' ] then echo "correct" else echo "no correct today is $sanityrun_day" fi

Mehul: On my solaris 7 box, running ksh, this works: if [ $sanityrun_day = 'Tue' -o $sanityrun_day = 'Fri' ] then echo "correct" else echo "no correct today is $sanityrun_day" fi The shell is very particular: you need a space between the if and [ and a space between the end of the 'Tue' string and the -o Regards, nails

If you only want it to run on those days, why not do this with cron: 0 8 * * 2,5 /path/to/script this example will run at 8am every tuesday and friday. -jim