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Old 05-12-2004, 03:38 PM   #1
wijnands
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use date as output filename?

hi,

This should be a very easy one for most people and I have done this before, just can't recall how exactly.

What I want to do is run a script, pipe output to a file and use the date as (part of) the filename. Can anyone please remind me?
 
Old 05-12-2004, 03:39 PM   #2
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Try something like:
somecommand > myfile-`date +%F_%T`.txt
 
  


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