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Old 11-10-2011
Concatenating
Hi,

I have file called "3rdparty.dat"

I want to concatenate current YYYYMMDD to it. Snd result should be like 3rdParty20111110.dat.

How can i do this?

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 11-10-2011
What have you tried so far? I delete all answers if OP does not provide any tries, thanks for your understanding.
# 3  
Old 11-10-2011
I am trying
Code:
cp 3rdparty.dat 3rdparty||date +%Y||.dat

---------- Post updated at 05:31 AM ---------- Previous update was at 05:29 AM ----------


I am trying
Code:
cp 3rdparty.dat 3rdparty||date +%Y%m%d||.dat

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Last edited by zaxxon; 11-10-2011 at 07:11 AM.. Reason: code tags, see PM
# 4  
Old 11-10-2011
read about the below things.

1) basename command
2) Variables and assign values

try to write the algorithm first, then implement using the above mentioned points
 
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