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Old 02-08-2005
Add date to a filename

Hi

I want to add the date to a filename in a script I have.

So I want

exp myfile01-FEB-2005.dmp
How do I get the 01-FEB-2005 in there?

Cheers
Rich
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Old 02-08-2005
see this link
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Old 02-08-2005
dt=`date +%d-%b-%Y`
exp myfile.$dt.dmp

the results look like:
myfile.08-Feb-2005.dmp

Last edited by gozer13; 02-08-2005 at 01:50 PM..
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Old 02-08-2005
j1=`date | cut -c 5-7,9-10,12-13,15-16`
mv filename.txt filename$j1.txt

or

j1=`date | cut -c 5-7,9-10,25-28`
mv filename.txt filename$j1.txt
 
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