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May 9, 2013 08:04
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A few lines that have sat at the end of my .bashrc for the last few years.
Originally this warned me when my PhD was ending + the date I needed to submit my thesis, and as I passed into PostDoc purgatory, I use it to remind me how long I have till the end of the next contract. As a bonus, it works correctly once you've passed the deadline, infor…
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| theend=` date --date "30 December 2013 17:00" +%s ` | |
| now=` date +%s ` | |
| diff=` expr $theend - $now ` | |
| echo "Really Unemployed in: " `expr $diff / 86400` days `expr \( $diff % 86400 \) / 3600` hours `expr \( \( $diff % 86400 \) % 3600 \) / 60` minutes `expr $diff % 60` seconds. |
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