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let NOW=`date +%s`/86400 ; PASS_LAST_CHANGE=`grep $USER /etc/shadow | cut -d: -f3` ; PASS_LIFE=`grep $USER /etc/shadow | cut -d: -f5`; DAYS_LEFT=$(( PASS_LAST_CHANGE + PASS_LIFE - NOW)) ; echo $DAYS_LEFT
2010-11-05 23:03:48
User: EBAH
Functions: cut echo
Tags: password shadow expiration
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Days left before password expires

This works only with GNU date.

In solaris the command:

date +%s

doesn't work.

You can try using the following instead:

nawk 'BEGIN {print srand()}'

should give the same output as date +%s under Solaris.

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convert {$file_in} \( +clone -background black -shadow 60x5+10+10 \) +swap -background none -layers merge +repage {$file_out}
2009-05-06 10:19:39
User: kureikain
Functions: merge
Tags: Image processing ImageMagick shadow
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Add a shadow to picture

Please take notice that if you are going to use an JPG file for shadow effect,

let change -background none to -background white!

Because -background none make a transparent effect while JPG doesn't support transparent! And when viewing, you will get a bacl box!

So we will use an white background under! We can use other color as well!

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