how to: append date to the filename

[zyrag]

i want to output a log to a file with the filename format like 'filename110703.log' where 110703 is the current date. how do i append the date to a filename?

 

[usige]

zyrag,
It's fairly stright forward. Just embed the date command in the file name. You could do something like:

my_program > filename`date +"%m%d%y`.log

Hope that helps.

 

[zyrag]

thanks usige... touch test`date +'%m%d%y'` works.

 

[nAtHaNs]

hilom diha gary!