Putting the current date in a filename using a script 1

[scoobs]

I am creating a report and outputing to a filename. I can't get the current date on the filename because of the report writer limitations. How can I get the current date on the file?

 

[segment]

you're question is very broad... You state it's a script... What kind of script, perl, bash, python, etc... why not just enter a

echo `date`

somewhere in the script? Or if its something precompiled, you could still echo `date` >> output. what kind of output is this report, xls, db, txt, pdf, could you be a bit more specific, also what kind of script?

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[KenCunningham]

Could you accept the limitations and simply set up a cron job to rename the file produced each day?

 

[nawlej]

if you buld a script for that:

#!/usr/bin/ksh

REPORTFILE=`date '+%m%d%y'`

./reportscriptname > $REPORTFILE

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[morse]--... ...--[/morse], Eric.

 

[scoobs]

The script is written in Unix. The script calls another script to generate thne file in a report writer. I have the report writer generate part of the name because of it's limitations. How do I re-name the file including todays date?

 

[PHV]

The script is written in Unix
Unix is an Operating System, not a scripting language.
Ask your sysadmin which shell is used on your location for this script.
You may try something like this:
mv reportname newname$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M).rpt

Hope This Helps, PH.
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