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Ubuntu: How to create a file or folder using today’s date
This is a useful little trick to use in your scripts – particularly for things like periodic backups. For a file: touch $(date +%F) creates the file 2012-11-18 For a folder, let’s add the time after the date: mkdir $(date +%F-%H:%M) creates the folder 2012-11-18-09:00 We can use…