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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# simple script that prints out current time in hours:mins format
+# to be utilized in a bash version of calcurse_reminder.py
+
+hours=$(date +"%T" | awk -F ":" '{print $1}')
+mins=$(date +"%T" | awk -F ":" '{print $2}')
+
+currenttime="${hours}:${mins}"
+
+echo "${currenttime}"