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will create the script script2.sql which is your original script with the file name made of the user name and the date .txt
Then you can just run MySQL with it.
In short, my solution consists in a script that generates your initial script with the output file name you need.
I think you're seriously overcomplicating things, Pippo
Adding the date to the filename is as easy as adding the following string to the filename: `date +%d_%m_%y, thus:
/usr/bin/mysql -u root ehpadmin > /usr/etc/referral_`date +%d_%m_%y`.sql
I must admit that I did not suggest the simplest solution. This is the least I can say. Yours is much more simple.
As a matter of fact, I took it the wrong way. I asked myself 'How can I modify the preexisting script to insert the date into the file name'. And, when the question was stated in these terms, the first thing that popped into my mind is another script.
Originally posted by pippo I must admit that I did not suggest the simplest solution. This is the least I can say. Yours is much more simple.
As a matter of fact, I took it the wrong way. I asked myself 'How can I modify the preexisting script to insert the date into the file name'. And, when the question was stated in these terms, the first thing that popped into my mind is another script.
But I do that kind of things with everything :-)
Yes, That is what I thought. And I don't really think it's wrong, just another way of doing it. To each his own and all that.
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