Schturman, you can use Code: #!/bin/sh day=$(date +%u) echo | awk -v d=$day '{split("Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su",a," "); printf a[d]}' followed by {date}, Just replace "Mo Tu ..." with whatever you like to have displayed.
#!/bin/sh day=$(date +%u) echo | awk -v d=$day '{split("Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su",a," "); printf a[d]}'