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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting BASH function to rename file to last mondays date Post 302926215 by jlliagre on Friday 21st of November 2014 09:05:21 PM
Old 11-21-2014
The issue is you don't quote your variable.

Code:
renem ()
{
    d=$(date -d last-monday)
    mv ~/emails.txt ~/myemails/"$d"
}

I would suggest something more compact like:

Code:
renem ()
{
    d=$(date "+%Y%m%d" -d last-monday)
    mv ~/emails.txt ~/myemails/$d
}

 

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widget_calendar

widget_calendar(n)					    widget::calendar Megawidget 					widget_calendar(n)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME

       widget_calendar - widget::calendar Megawidget

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require Tk  8.4

       package require widget  ?3.0?

       widget::calendar pathname ?options?

_________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).

       widget::calendar pathname ?options?

WIDGET OPTIONS

       -command
	      A script to evaluate when a date was selected.

       -dateformat
	      The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y.

       -firstday
	      Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday.

       -font  Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9.

       -highlightcolor
	      Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00

       -language
	      Specify  language of the calendar contents. The language is specified by abbreviations of the languge, for example: en - english, de
	      - german ...  It defaults to en.

	      Supported languages: en, de, fr, it, es, pt, ru, sv, zh, fi

       -shadecolor
	      Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888

       -showpast
	      Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1.

       -textvariable
	      Specifies the name of a variable whose value is linked to the entry widget's contents.  Whenever the  variable  changes  value,  the
	      widget's contents are updated, and vice versa.

WIDGET COMMAND

       pathname get ?what?

       Returns	a  part  of  the  selected date or 'all'. The argument what selects the part. Valid values for what are: day, month, year and all.
       'all' is the default and returns the complete date in the format given with -dateformat.

DEFAULT BINDINGS

       On creation of the calendar widget the following bindings are installed.

       o      Up - Move to week before current date

       o      Down - Move to week after current date

       o      Left - Move to day before current date

       o      Right - Move to day after current date

       o      Control-Left - Move to month before current date

       o      Control-Right - Move to month after current date

       o      Control-Up - Move to year before current date

       o      Control-Down - Move to year after current date

EXAMPLE

	   package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
	   set t [widget::calendar .t]
	   pack $t -fill x -expand 1

KEYWORDS

       megawidget, snit, widget

widget								       0.93							widget_calendar(n)
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