UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am trying to move a file to a new file with a datestamp in the filename on a unix server using a script I am trying to write. I have searched this forum and have tried 100 different variations but cannot solve my problem.

My requirement is: Rename archiveSF\sfglsoarian.txt to sfglccyymmddhhmmss.txt


my script currently looks like this:
mv \archiveSF\sfglsoarian.txt \archiveSF\sfgl`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.txt

Please help.

Assuming you are in the parent directory of the archiveSF folder:

Code:

mv -v archiveSF/sfglsoarian.txt archiveSF/sfgl`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.txt

Still no good. I keep getting this same error message:

Code:

mv: target "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.txt" must exist
Usage: mv [-adfiqrRv] file1 [file2 ...] target

Notice that pseudocoder is using unix solidus characters to separate the directory tree and that your original post has MSDOS type reverse-solidus characters. The solidus characters are correct in unix.