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Old 02-28-2006
creating a new file with date stamp

Hi,

can any one tell me how to achieve this...I will input the path and file name and it should rename it to current date and time...
this is what I tried...
Code:
#! /usr/bin/sh
set -x
cd /info_stg/vul/Scripts
TODAY_DATE_TIME=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
IN_FILE_PATH=`cat file.txt | awk -F, '{ print $1 }'`
OUT_FILE_PATH=`cat file.txt | awk -F, '{ print $3 }'`
IN_FILE=`cat file.txt | awk -F, '{ print $2 }'`
OUT_FILE=`cat file.txt | awk -F, '{ print $4 }'`
cp ${IN_FILE_PATH}${IN_FILE} ${OUT_FILE_PATH}${OUT_FILE}.${TODAY_DATE_TIME}
chmod 755 ${OUT_FILE_PATH}${OUT_FILE}.${TODAY_DATE_TIME}

file.txt has sourceloc,srcfilename,destloc,destfilename

but I want it different way I should be able to send in the name and location as input
like...
script_change_File_Name.sh < /path/for/src/file.txt and this should give me file.txt.todaysdatetime

please advise.

Thanks,
# 2  
Old 02-28-2006
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
 mv $1 $1`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`

# 3  
Old 02-28-2006
it worked thanks...
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