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Old 06-04-2005
script that enters date in file
hello there,

currently fiddling around with unix commands to get a better understanding of coding in general (if that made sense) .. i was wondering if there was a command that inserted the date into a exisiting file, then having that edited file being called something else. (ie. file and file.dated)

thx for the help
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Old 06-04-2005
date >> file.dated
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Old 06-04-2005
thx for your quick response Smilie
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Old 06-11-2005
and to copy a file to a date stamped file with date in the format YYYYMMDD
you could use

cp file file.`date +%Y%m%d`

you should read the man page for date to find a format that suits what you want.
 
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