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Capturing an a filename that contains the month/date in filename ie fileMMDD

Capturing an a filename that contains the month/date in filename ie fileMMDD

Post by Christina Mille » Thu, 12 Aug 1999 04:00:00



I am trying to capture a filename that is named "fileMMDD" (MM=month,
DD=day).

Everyday this filename will be change to the current date. However, I need
to ftp this file to another server and when it is on the other server I have
to rename that file "fileMMDD.done" . I can do the ftp part and could do
this entire process only if I knew the exact name of the filename.

The directory that this file is located in will contain upto 30 other files
with the same file naming convention, but they will each a a differnt date,
ie. file0805, file0809, file0810, etc...

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

 
 
 
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Capturing an a filename that contains the month/date in filename ie fileMMDD

Post by Barry Margoli » Thu, 12 Aug 1999 04:00:00




>I am trying to capture a filename that is named "fileMMDD" (MM=month,
>DD=day).

>Everyday this filename will be change to the current date. However, I need
>to ftp this file to another server and when it is on the other server I have
>to rename that file "fileMMDD.done" . I can do the ftp part and could do
>this entire process only if I knew the exact name of the filename.

filename=`date +file%m%d`

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1. renaming files from filename to filename-date

I am trying to come up with a one liner.  Doesn't really matter in which
shell I do it . . .

I am attempting to copy all of the files in one directory to their same
names but with a -MM_DD_YY appended.

for example, something like:

mv *.log *.`date '+%m_%d_%y'`

of course this doesn't work but if you have any suggestions I would love
to see them.  I know I've done this in the past but I just can't
remember how . . .

Thanks,
Diana

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