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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Renaming files to have date/time in filename Post 60608 by dangral on Wednesday 19th of January 2005 09:49:38 AM
Old 01-19-2005
Why not always have the script put the output in a datestamped file?

For example:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
SCRIPT=$(basename ${0})
LOG="${SCRIPT}_`date +%m%d%y%H%M%S`


command1 >> $LOG 2>&1
command2 >> $LOG 2>&1

 

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