Shell script to copy files from one location to another location and rename add the current date to every file

Question

I have a folder in my server which contains some files. These are automated that means everyday we get new files automatically which will overwrite the old ones. So want to take

Answer 1

You could use a script like the below. You would just need to change the date options to match the format you wanted.

#!/bin/bash

for i in `ls -l /directroy`
do
cp $i /newDirectory/$i.`date +%m%d%Y`
done