If by "nameday" you mean something like this: http://stjarnhimlen.se/ndag/ndag2001.html Then you could start by transforming that page into a text file (one day per line) in a way that you can parse by a script and then write a small shell script that greps the right day out of it, e.g.: Code: ~ $ cat nameday.txt 01.01. Nyårsdagen 02.01. Svea ... 08.01. Erland ... ~ $ awk "/^$(date +%d.%m.)/ { print "'$2'" }" nameday.txt Erland So the "nameday.txt" contains the names on each line (DD.MM. NAME), and the awk command gets today's name based on that. I've added a script to billboard-scripts, but you will have to write (copy'n'paste or process) your nameday.txt yourself
~ $ cat nameday.txt 01.01. Nyårsdagen 02.01. Svea ... 08.01. Erland ... ~ $ awk "/^$(date +%d.%m.)/ { print "'$2'" }" nameday.txt Erland