Append date to filename in linux

Question

I want add the date next to a filename (\"somefile.txt\"). For example: somefile_25-11-2009.txt or somefile_25Nov2009.txt or anything to that effect

Maybe a script w

Answer 1

You can use backticks.

$ echo myfilename-"`date +"%d-%m-%Y"`"

Yields:

myfilename-25-11-2009