Escape a mm/dd/YY backup date in a file name

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shell filenames date escape-characters slash

                          I have been trying to:

    cp file.csv file.$(date +%D).csv

But it fails because the filenames is: file.03/27/19.csv with the slash of separate directories.

And I have been trying again to:

    cp file.csv file.$(printf "%q" $(date +%D)).csv

But it still fails.

Asked by tres.14159 (249 rep)

Mar 27, 2019, 05:27 PM
Last activity: Mar 28, 2019, 04:52 PM

Escape a mm/dd/YY backup date in a file name

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