Re: UNIX script

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:45:21 +0300, The Human Fly <sjaffarhussain_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> Sorry, its slightly off-topic, UNIX related.
>
> My requirement is whenever I divert my output to a file, that should
> contains filename along with the data and time.
>
> For example,
>
> ls -ltr > xyz
>
> and next time when I do the same, it should ot overwite to the file,
> instead create the file with date and time along with it.

You need to use the date command:

# ls -ltr > xyz.`date [options]`

Note that ` is the backtick which causes the shell to execute what they contain as a command and pipe the output back.

I can't remember the options off the top of my head. Check the man page for the date command. As I recall 'xyz.`date +%Y%m%d`' should, today, give you 'xyz.20050329' but test it first.

Stephen

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