How to rename a file with date stamped
Assuming that you have a directory /logs
This is the actual command that runs on one of my cron jobs.
logwatch --detail=High --range=Today >/logs/watchdog.txt && mv /logs/watchdog.txt /logs/"´date +%Y-%m-%d_%H´.txt"
To rename a file
mv /logs/watchdog.txt /logs/"´date +%Y-%m-%d_%H´.txt"
OR
dt=$( date +%Y%M%d ) && cp /var/Vol1/backup/pdf_form /var/Vol1/backup/"$dt"_pdf_form ;
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