script that enters date in file

raidersboi · #1 (**permalink**) 06-04-2005

hello there,

currently fiddling around with unix commands to get a better understanding of coding in general (if that made sense) .. i was wondering if there was a command that inserted the date into a exisiting file, then having that edited file being called something else. (ie. file and file.dated)

thx for the help

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-04-2005

date >> file.dated

raidersboi · #3 (**permalink**) 06-04-2005

thx for your quick response

reborg · #4 (**permalink**) 06-11-2005

and to copy a file to a date stamped file with date in the format YYYYMMDD
you could use

cp file file.`date +%Y%m%d`

you should read the man page for date to find a format that suits what you want.

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