You can do some shell like that :
phil.sh
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#! /bin/sh
prefix=$1
suffix=$2
buffer=`date +%y%m%d'
file=${prefix}${buffer}${suffix}
cat > $file
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and use it like that :
ls | phil.sh backup .tar.gz
Phil. BARBELET
French Guiana - European Space Port
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De: Jay Barbee
A: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Objet: Date-stamp in filename for a script
Date: mardi 23 juin 1998 20:35
Microsoft Mail v3.0 IPM.Microsoft Mail.Note
From: Jay Barbee
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Date-stamp in filename for a script
Date: 1998-06-23 20:35
Priority: 3
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Excuse my ignorance in shell scripting, but I wanted to create a file
that
actualy had a filename that contains the date in the format:
backupYYMMDD.tar.gz
I can do:
date +backup%y%m%d.tar.gz
which give the correct output for the filename. If I assign that to an
environment
variable such as TIMESTAMP:
TIMESTAMP='date +backup%y%m%d.tar.gz'
How can I use this as:
touch $TIMESTAMP
...or...
tar czvf $TIMESTAMP /
ect... I have seveal uses for this concept, and I know you guru
scripters do
this
in your sleep. any help?
--Jay
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