https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cat-script/m-p/4007322#M96227 Hi Donald,<BR /><BR />$ cat file1 file2 file3 &gt; files.$(date +%Y%m%d)<BR /><BR />PCS Fri, 25 May 2007 10:23:49 GMT spex 2007-05-25T10:23:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cat-script/m-p/4007321#M96226 Hello everyone, <BR />I have a need for a short, simple script that will concatenate daily files and add a unique date stamp. OS is HP-UX 11i. PA-RISC. Fri, 25 May 2007 10:18:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cat-script/m-p/4007321#M96226 Donald J. Butera 2007-05-25T10:18:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cat-script/m-p/4007322#M96227 Hi Donald,<BR /><BR />$ cat file1 file2 file3 &gt; files.$(date +%Y%m%d)<BR /><BR />PCS Fri, 25 May 2007 10:23:49 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cat-script/m-p/4007322#M96227 spex 2007-05-25T10:23:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cat-script/m-p/4007323#M96228 Perfect! This is exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks. Cheers! Fri, 25 May 2007 10:28:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cat-script/m-p/4007323#M96228 Donald J. Butera 2007-05-25T10:28:41Z