[LUG] Just a silly command line question

[Martijn <sweetwatergeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.

If I run the command
  date +'%Y%m%d.log'
it returns
20070524.log
(well, it does today). Now I would like to extend the command to use
the output as a file name and do something to that file (e.g. cat,
less, etc.). Is that possible to do in one line?

It's a bit geeky, I admit, and I know it's not too hard to write a
shell script that does the same, but I happen to like long commands,
with lots of >'s, <'s and |'s. What can I do? :)

Martijn.

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