Generate a list of commands with a date parameter

README.mkd

At one point at work I needed to run a script several times. As a quick and dirty hack I made this python file that just gives me a list. I then ran it several times changing the month. It's quick, it's messy, but it worked.

example.sh

#!/bin/bash -e

SCRIPT="php whatever/its/called.php"

# use the script.py file to get the output for this

$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-31
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-30
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-29
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-28
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-27
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-26
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-25
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-24
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-23
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-22
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-21
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-20
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-19
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-18
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-17
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-16
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-15
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-14
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-13
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-12
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-11
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-10
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-09
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-08
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-07
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-06
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-05
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-04
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-03
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-02
$SCRIPT --date=2012-01-01

exit 0

script.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from datetime import date

# none of this is used
## number of days to go back
#days = 30
#
#today = date.today().strftime('%j')
#print today

for x in reversed(range(1,32)):
  print '$SCRIPT --date=' + date(2012,1,x).isoformat()