shell script for copying and adding date

luki123 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-17-07, 08:24

Hello everyone, can somebody help me making this script:
To copy one file from one directory to another and to add the current date and time the copyied file??
Thanks in advance

pdreyer · #2 (**permalink**) 03-19-07, 03:13

cp $onedir/$filename $anotherdir/${filename}_`date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'`

krishna.reddy · #3 (**permalink**) 03-27-07, 04:31

DATE=`date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`
cp $onedir/$filename $anotherdir/${filename}_${DATE}

If the date contains any '/' then there can be problem in file creation. So, careful when using date like `date +%D`

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