Concatenating the filename with date

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,
I want to concatenate the filename with the current date using the get command in ftp.
for ex:
<filename><date>
emp101_20080526
Can you please let me know the command for this.

thanks,
Aswarth.

2

Have you tried to simply assign the variables and then use

$FILENAME$DATE

3

try this:

fileName=emp101_`date +%Y%m%d`

get $fileName

4

hi,
can you please let me know if there is any command in ftp to pick the latest file in a folder.
for ex the filename is concatenated with date and timestamp like this.
emp001_20080516053646.dat
emp001_20080517053646.dat
emp001_20080518053646.dat
where in the format of date is yyyymmddhhmmss

thanks,
Aswarth

5

Pick up the latest file in a variable, using the following command:

latest_file=`ll -ltr | tail -1`

Use the variable latest_file in your ftp.

Thanks!
nua7

6

but that folder contains other files apart from the files that I have mentioned.
so how can include the file name in the comand that you have given me like emp_oo1
thanks,
aswarth

7

u can make use of the find command with the using the following flags

  • amin n.................................. for last accessed time
  • cmin n.................................. for last changed time
  • mmin n.................................for last data modification time

n is the no of minutes ago...

for instance
$ find -name <file name> -ctime 2

this should work just fine :smiley:

8

I am logging into a remote server using ftp mode.
In a folder there are set of files like this
emp001_20080526052714.dat
emp001_20080526052715.dat
emp001_20080526052716.dat
dept001_20080526052714.dat
dept001_20080526052715.dat
dept001_20080526052716.dat
I need to pick the latest file starting with emp001_

Can you please let me know the ftp command to pick the latest file and assign it to a variable so that i can use that variable to the 'get' command in ftp.

Thanks,
Aswarth.

9

In that case try using sftp.

nua7@berlin:~$ sftp host2
Connecting to host2...
nua7@host2's password: 
sftp> ll -ltr | tail -1
-rwxr-xr-x    1 nua7     dep         40848 Jun 27 09:01 filea
sftp> get filea
Fetching /home/nua7/filea to filea
sftp> put fileb
Uploading fileb to /home/nua7/fileb
sftp> rm filea
Removing /home/beat/filea
sftp> quit
nua7@berlin:~$
10

In my case sftp is not working as i dont have the permissions.
can u pls let me know if there is any command to get the name of the latest file from a folder if i am in ftp mode.

thanks