file name with date

[mario_43]

Hi folk,

I'd write a file name with the date at the end from a script, for example:
file_name_030818
I tried with:
DATE= date +%y%m%D
touch file_name_$DATE

but DATA doesn't have the correct value
What I've to do?
Thanks in advance,
M

[Michael Kelly_5]

Mario,
try
DATE=`date +%y%m%D`

note the backticks and no spaces arounr the =

HTH,
Michael.

[Jean-Luc Oudart]

initialise DATE with :
DATE=$( date +"%y%m%d")

Rgds,
JL

[Vitek Pepas]

Try this:
DATE=$(date +%Y%M%d)
touch file_name_$DATE

[Bryan D. Quinn]

Hey Mario,

Try:

DATE=`date +%y%m%d`

touch file_name_$DATE

That should take care of it.

-Bryan

[Helen French]

Try the single line:

# touch file_name_`date +%y%m%d`

OR if you want it with variables:

DATE=`date +%y%m%d`
touch testfile_$DATE

[Pete Randall]

Mario,

I think you need to choose another format for your date variable. The way you have it, there are forward slashes present in the date and you are unable to create a file name with the slashes in it.


Pete

[Geoff Wild]

I do something like:

ftplog="/tmp/${scrname}.ftplog.`/bin/date +%y%m%d%H%M%S`"

Rgds...Geoff

[Paul Sperry]

touch file_name_`date +"%y%h%d"`