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Create directory with timestamp of newest files
I am trying to create a directory based on the timestamp of the 2 newest files in a directory and then copy those 2 files in to the newly created directory. SO for example
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 ...
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One liner mkdir with directory naming as days?
How can I create directories named as days of the week (i.e Monday, Tuesday, .... Saturday) inside a directory like /tmp/ in one command only?
Like combination of mkdir with date +%A or any other.
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Make a directory named with date
I want to make a directory with the name being the day. I have this variable:
[Desktop]: $dia
21/02/16
created this way:
dia=$'date +%d/%m/%y'
I'm trying to make a new directory this way:
mkdir "$...
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mkdir with date function behaves differently in script
I am trying to create a directory with a timestamp. If I type at the prompt
mkdir "$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S)"
I get a directory named with the date as I would like. If I put the same line in a bash ...
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