put date as part of filename

box_l · 07-27-2004, 05:32 AM

i have a script that writes an image file to a server how can i include the date as part of the filename?

sterrenkijker · 07-27-2004, 05:56 AM

I don't know how your script works, but if it's bash you can use the 'date' command to ask for the date, or use $(date) so you will have a date-string. Take a look at date's man-page for giving the date the right format.

keefaz · 07-27-2004, 05:58 AM

easy, say you want 04-07-27.jpg :

filename=`date "+%y-%m-%d"`.jpg
echo $filename

do man date to learn more date formatting

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as sterrenkijker said

box_l · 07-27-2004, 06:17 AM

thankyou both!

i knew about date but was unsure of how to put it into the file name.

ta

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