howto create a file based on date in bash

rohan208 · 05-07-2004, 02:22 PM

Hello,
I'd like to know how to create a file depending one current day of the month.
I assume something like
$ vi /home/xyz/report$DATE.txt

where $DATE needs to be teh current date in any format. Any ideas?
thx

Rohan

david_ross · 05-07-2004, 02:24 PM

I tend to use:
date +%F_%T

Which gives:
2004-05-07_20:23:16

So try:
vi myfile_`date +%F_%T`.txt

Using backticks like this you can put it in any command such as a tar command for backups etc.

rohan208 · 05-07-2004, 03:54 PM

thx david.. that helped