bash question

[Thomas M. Albright]

On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 pll at lanminds.com wrote:

> 
> In a message dated: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:37:40 EDT
> "Thomas M. Albright" said:
> 
> >If the due date is greater than today, it outputs the message "Due in x
> >days." If the due date is less than today I get a message saying "You
> >are -x days past due." How can I convert the negative number into a
> >positive one in bash?
> 
> Well, assuming that 'x' is a variable which contains some whole 
> number representing the number of days in which 'it' is due, a 
> negative number representing an over-due 'it', then:
> 
> 	abs_x=`echo '$x' | sed s/-//`
> 
> ought to do it.
> 
Yay! Thanks!

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