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

cp --archive home/webapps/project1/folder1/{aaa,bbb,ccc,ffffd}.csv home/webapps/project1/folder2
rename 's/\.csv$/'$(date +%m%d%Y).csv'/' home/webapps/project1/folder2/{aaa,bbb,ccc,ffffd}.csv

Explanation:

• --archive ensures that the files are copied with the same ownership and permissions.
• foo{bar,baz} is expanded into foobar foobaz.
• rename is a commonly available program to do exactly this kind of substitution.

PS: don't use ls for this.