Forward date

takes a date and integers, forwards the date outputs in different format

#!/bin/bash
 if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
 then
 echo "
 usage: $0 mm/dd/yy 1L
 Insert date in mm/dd/yy format (10/1/23) and integer (3) 
 Script will shift the date by the integer and display it in yyyy-mm -dd format (2023-10-04)
 "
 exit 1
 fi
 
 start_date="$1"
 echo "Submitted date: $start_date"
 shift_days="$2"
 echo "Days to shift the date forward: $shift_days"
 reformatted_start_date=$(date -d $start_date +%Y-%m-%d)
 echo "Reformatted submitted date: $reformatted_start_date"
 shifted_date=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d' -d "$reformatted_start_date+$shift_ days days")
 echo "Date shifted forward by ${shift_days} days: $shifted_date"
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script_date-shift.sh

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