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Old 05-12-2008
Appending date to filename
hi
i need to rename a.txt to a_12052008.txt using the batch file

i used reanme a.txt a_%date%.txt ......but its done nothing

am using win2000 professional edition.

system date format is : The current date is: Mon 2008-05-12

can anyone help me to rename

thanks
aemu
# 2  
Old 05-12-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by aemunathan
hi
i need to rename a.txt to a_12052008.txt using the batch file

i used reanme a.txt a_%date%.txt ......but its done nothing

am using win2000 professional edition.

system date format is : The current date is: Mon 2008-05-12

can anyone help me to rename

thanks
aemu
Code:
 
a_$(date +%D).txt

# 3  
Old 05-12-2008
no its not giving any output
# 4  
Old 05-12-2008
am getting like this if i place a pause there in the script

C:\Aemu\GPRS\daily reports\ggsn>rename ggsn.txt ggsn_Mon 2008-05-12.txt
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

C:\Aemu\GPRS\daily reports\ggsn>pause
Press any key to continue . . .
# 5  
Old 05-12-2008
It will work in unix only

Code:
mv $name ${name%.txt}_$(date +%d%m%y).txt

# 6  
Old 05-12-2008
This is a UNIX forum.
Having said that, the command is ren and not rename.
Thread closed.

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