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Date:      Sun, 5 Mar 2000 12:59:51 -0500
From:      courtney@whtz.com
To:        mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org
Cc:        questions@FREEBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: using date for file names
Message-ID:  <85256899.0062DDEE.00@mail.whtz.com>

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when I do mv original.txt `date +%m%d%y`.doc i get a file that is named
"date +%d%m%y.doc"

any ideas??

Bern

> % mv original.txt `date +%d%m%y`.doc
>

...or,

% mv original.txt `date +%m%d%y`.doc

in your case ;-)




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