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Old 01-19-2010
MV all files and append date
All,
I am trying to setup a command that will mv all files in a directory to another location and append a filedate.

for example:

Code:
mv * /location/*'date %y%m%d'

Any help?
Last edited by vbe; 01-19-2010 at 01:59 PM.. Reason: code tags...
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Old 01-19-2010
Interesting...
Does it work?

Usually for such tasks( move multiple files and renamve them on the fly...) people use loops...
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Old 01-19-2010
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Originally Posted by vbe
Interesting...
Does it work?

Usually for such tasks( move multiple files and renamve them on the fly...) people use loops...
lol no it doesn't work, but you are right I will have to probably use a loop. I guess a
Code:
for file in /directory/*; do mv $file $file-`date +%m%d%y`; done

Works

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction
Last edited by markdjones82; 01-19-2010 at 06:43 PM..
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