how to get day of the year in shell?

Question

How can I get the day of the year in shell?

date \'+%V\' will give me the week of the year, which is 15 for today; but I need to find t

Answer 1

Use the date command and the %j option...

doy=$(date +%j)

Answer 2

From the coreutils date manual:

%j     day of year (001..366)