07-07-2010
Renaming a file (non unix person)
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.
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NAME
set_color - set_color - set the terminal color
set_color - set the terminal color
Synopsis
set_color [-v --version] [-h --help] [-b --background COLOR] [COLOR]
Description
Change the foreground and/or background color of the terminal. COLOR is one of black, red, green, brown, yellow, blue, magenta, purple,
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o -b, --background Set the background color
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