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d1ch0t0my
d1ch0t0my

Reputation: 443

Append Date Created stamp to filename

I'm trying to create a bash script that will run on a folder and check the last modified stamp for each file in that folder then append that date to each file in the folder as it goes through them. For example:

IMG1_movie.mov

becomes

IMG1_movie_02032015.mov

There are a few examples online but the ones I've found don't cover the last modified date only appending the current date and none have batch capabilities. Any guidance is appreciated thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 525

Answers (1)

bsd
bsd

Reputation: 2717

You could write that part of the code as

new_filename="$(date -r $filename +%Y%m%d)"

where the date command arguments does the formatting for you. I made the format as YYYYMMDD. You could change the arguments to the order in which you want the date to appear.

Upvotes: 1

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