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Date before file extension

hi

i nned help in moving a file with the date before the file extension

for example

mv xxxxx.pdf xxxxx16042010.pdf

i tried

mv xxxxx.pdf xxxxx`date +'%m%d%y'`.pdf

did not work

any help appriciated

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It worked. I just tried now. If you want year in 4 digits, you can use Y

Code:

mv xxxxx.pdf xxxxx`date +'%m%d%Y'`.pdf

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