Adding timestamp to a filename with mv in BASH

Question

Well, I\'m a linux newbie, and I\'m having an issue with a simple bash script.

I\'ve got a program that adds to a log file while it\'s running. Over time that log fi

Answer 1

A single line method within bash works like this.

[some out put] >$(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S").ver

will create a file with a timestamp name with ver extension. A working file listing snap shot to a date stamp file name as follows can show it working.

find . -type f -exec ls -la {} \; | cut -d ' ' -f 6- >$(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S").ver

Of course

cat somefile.log > $(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S").ver

or even simpler

ls > $(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S").ver