mv filename filename-$(date '+%FT%T')or
mv filename filename-$(date '+%s')
For those who want to know the details, here's the break down.
Almost all *nix systems have the
date command, which can print or set system date and time. Simply type date and current date and time are displayed:Mon Aug 19 20:37:57 WIT 2013
By default, the date is printed in a "human friendly" form. Unfortunately, it's long, contains spaces, which need escaping and doesn't sort well. A more useful format would look like so:
2013-08-19T20:37:57. This format is also known as ISO 8601 standard.We can specify the output format by passing it to
date command like so:date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
Or if you're using a relatively modern *nix distribution like so:
date '+%FT%T'
To append current time stamp to a file name, run:
mv filename filename-$(date '+%FT%T')
To create a new file with current time stamp in its name, run:
touch filename-$(date '+%FT%T')
For the truly hardcore - get Unix timestamp, like '1498982531', using:
date '+%s'
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