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Old 04-12-2011
shell scripts - create a filename with the date appended

I am looking to do something where if I created a file named backup,or whatever it would print a name like “backup_Apr_11_2011”. Thanks citizencro
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Old 04-12-2011
Code:
FILE="backup_$(date +%b)_$(date +%d)_$(date +%Y)"
echo $FILE

Type man date for more options.
 
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