Create a directory with current date

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Does anyone know of a simple command that could get the date and make a folder (mkdir) as its name?

say todays date

20090304

as the folder name.

I guess the first thing would be grep the date? Then run a mkdir command?

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

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Re: Create a directory with current date

Also need help on listing the cpu information with echo.

I have these commands I use now:

cat /etc/SuSE-release #Shows version and bit
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I am really just looking for these things listed so I know where to start on an upgrade:

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Re: Create a directory with current date

Hey there,

This should work:

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mkdir `date +%Y%m%d`

Best wishes,

Mike

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