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On Thu, 24 May 2007 11:27:35 +0100 Martijn <sweetwatergeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? First form: echo "test" > `date +'%Y%m%d.log'` Next development: echo \"test\" > `date +'%Y%m%d.log'` ; cat `date +'%Y%m%d.log'` Simpler version: G=`date +'%Y%m%d.log'`; echo "test" > $G ; cat $G -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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