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 NAME     
 |  |  |  | yesterday – print file names from the dump 
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 SYNOPSIS     
 |  |  |  | yesterday [ −cCd ] [ −n daysago ] [ –date ] files ... 
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 DESCRIPTION     
 |  |  |  | Yesterday prints the names of the files from the most recent dump.
    Since dumps are done early in the morning, yesterday’s files are
    really in today’s dump. For example, if today is February 11,
    2003, 
 prints|  |  |  | yesterday /home/am3/rsc/.profile 
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 In fact, the implementation is to select the most recent dump
    in the current year, so the dump selected may not be from today.
    
    
    
    By default, yesterday prints the names of the dump files corresponding
    to the named files. The first set of options changes this behavior.|  |  |  | /dump/am/2003/0211/home/am3/rsc/.profile 
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 −c    Copy the dump files over the named files.
 −C    Copy the dump files over the named files only when they differ.
 −d    Run diff to compare the dump files with the named files. 
    
    
    The date option selects other day’s dumps, with a format of 1,
    2, 4, 6, or 8 digits of the form d, dd, mmdd, yymmdd, or yyyymmdd.
    
    
    
    The −n option selects the dump daysago prior to the current day.
    
    
    
    Yesterday does not guarantee that the string it prints represents
    an existing file.
 
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 EXAMPLES     
 |  |  |  | See what’s changed in the last week in your profile: 
 Restore your profile from yesterday:|  |  |  | yesterday −d −n 7 ~/.profile 
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 FILES     
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 SOURCE     
 SEE ALSO    
 BUGS     
 |  |  |  | It’s hard to use this command without singing. 
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