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append file name with date

Hi guys,

I created a very basic script that moves a specified file to a directory that I have set using the mv command. What I would like to do is append the file name with the date and time.

So if I was to use the script to move a file called abc.txt, the script should rename the file abc.txt.DDMMYY.HHMMSS. The time and date should obviously be todays date and the time.

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Code:

file=abc.txt
mv ${file} ${file}"."$(date +%d%m%y"."%H%M%S)

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