Linux – Yesterday’s Date in YYYYMMDD format

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Linux Bash code for yesterday’s date in YYYYMMDD format

$ date --date="yesterday" +"%Y%m%d"
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$ date --date="-1 days" +"%Y%m%d"
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Mac Bash code for yesterday’s date in YYYYMMDD format

$ gdate --date="yesterday" +"%Y%m%d"
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$ gdate --date="-1 days" +"%Y%m%d"
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