Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:15:57 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: courtney@whtz.com Cc: mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org, questions@FREEBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using date for file names Message-ID: <20000305181557.I16946@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <85256899.0062DDEE.00@mail.whtz.com> References: <85256899.0062DDEE.00@mail.whtz.com>
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courtney@whtz.com wrote:
> when I do mv original.txt `date +%m%d%y`.doc i get a file that is named
> "date +%d%m%y.doc"
let me guess, you used single quotes --> '
rather than a backtick --> `
Mark really should have said,
mv original.txt $(date +%m%d%y).doc
as there is less chance of a misunderstanding. (Also, the $(foo) format
is newer, and nests properly, but that's not really imporant here.)
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