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# 1  
Old 11-21-2014
BASH function to rename file to last mondays date
I'm trying to create a bash function that will allow me to rename a file name emails.txt to last monday's date

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

but i en up wit this error any suggestion

Code:
mv: target `2014' is not a directory

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-24-2014 at 12:57 AM.. Reason: CODE tags
# 2  
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
}

# 3  
Old 11-21-2014
Which date format do you need?

date -d last-monday will produce something like:
Code:
Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 PST 2014

You don't want to rename ~/emails.txt to Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 PST 2014, don't you?

If you want it that way, then you need to quote the $d variable, e.g.
Code:
mv ~/emails.txt ~/myemails/"$d"

# 4  
Old 11-24-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by junior-helper
Which date format do you need?

date -d last-monday will produce something like:
Code:
Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 PST 2014

You don't want to rename ~/emails.txt to Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 PST 2014, don't you?

If you want it that way, then you need to quote the $d variable, e.g.
Code:
mv ~/emails.txt ~/myemails/"$d"

yes thats how i want it show

---------- Post updated at 08:13 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:59 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
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
}


this worked thanks alot.

got any good reading to help with learning functions?
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