renaming a directory to the current date

[Diebold_Unix_Support]

I was trying to rename a directory using the below command, but it is not working, please help.

j1=`date | cut -c 5-7,9-10,25-28`

mv /mnt/temp /mnt/temp$j1

Thanks
SP

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi SP,

the first line is not returning the expected string:
$ j1=`date | cut -c 5-7,9-10,25-28`
$ echo $j1
Apr 82008
$

the Space in "Apr 82008" is the cause of the error.

Try somthing simpler:
j1=$(date +'%b%d%Y')


e.g.
$ j1=$(date +'%b%d%Y')
$ echo $j1
Apr082008


hope this helps!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Diebold_Unix_Support]

Thank you very much, it helps.

SP

[Davis Paul]

Hi,
Check with the following:
j1=`date | cut -c 5-7,9-10,25-28`
j1=`echo $j1 | sed -e "s/ //g"`
mv /mnt/temp /mnt/'temp'$j1

Davis Paul

[Diebold_Unix_Support]

Thanks for providing the solution.

SP