Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 17:34:46 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: courtney@whtz.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using date for file names Message-ID: <20000305173446.B899@parish> In-Reply-To: <85256899.005BCA3F.00@mail.whtz.com>; from courtney@whtz.com on Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 11:42:34AM -0500 References: <85256899.005BCA3F.00@mail.whtz.com>
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On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 11:42:34AM -0500, courtney@whtz.com wrote:
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> hey everyone-
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> I am looking to rename a file on a nightly basis with the current date
> (i.e. original.txt will become 030500.doc at midnight tonight) and so
> on...what command do I have to use in my shell script to get this working??
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% mv original.txt `date +%d%m%y`.doc
will do the trick
HTH
> thanks!
>
> bern
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> Bernie Courtney
> Z100 New York Engineering
> mailto:courtney@whtz.com
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