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# 1  
Old 07-22-2013
Appending date to UNIX Filenames
Hello,

I have a file name in the below format and have to append the date as _$currdate.

kchik_UK_lo.txt_$currdate.

The above should be the format and I dont want to put entire filename as above in the code, but it should give me the output as the above filename.Can anyone please help me out.

Thanks for all the help in advance
# 2  
Old 07-22-2013
Code:
mv kchik_UK_lo.txt kchik_UK_lo.txt_$(date +%Y%m%d)

# 3  
Old 07-22-2013
Thank you..
I dont want to put entire filename in the script(for ex: kchik* )how can I give the above filename using wildcard characters like *.please help.
# 4  
Old 07-22-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by harika03
Thank you..
I dont want to put entire filename in the script(for ex: kchik* )how can I give the above filename using wildcard characters like *.please help.
Code:
for file in kchik*
do
        mv "$file" "${file}_$(date +%Y%m%d)"
done

# 5  
Old 07-22-2013
Thanks a lot..Smilie

---------- Post updated 07-22-13 at 01:06 AM ---------- Previous update was 07-21-13 at 11:52 PM ----------

One last help how can I send these filenames(only name of the files) in an email..?
# 6  
Old 07-22-2013
Check mailx manual page or search this forum.
# 7  
Old 07-22-2013
Instead of for loop can we use any other way for modiffying the filename
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