#! /bin/sh FROM=${1---help} TO=${2-now} if [ "$FROM" = "--help" ]; then printf "Usage: %s fromdate [todate]\n" "$0" >&2 else set -e fdt=$(date -d "$FROM" +%s) tdt=$(date -d "$TO" +%s) echo $(( (tdt - fdt) / 86400 )) fi