[Chester LUG] Help with a bash script

[Michael Crilly]

For the day count, use `time` to get a unix time stamp if you need
something unique?

On 5/15/08, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone.
>
> I need a little help with a batch file. I have managed a bit of it, but i'm
> a bit lost now.
>
> What I need to do is
>
>
>    1. Looks for file RS000001.001 in folder
>    2. Rename it RSmmdnnn.001 (mm=month, d= day number {Monday=1},
>    nnnn=unique count for the day)
>
> Now this file can appear up to several times a day (ie its going to run as a
> cron job every half hour to pick up the files as they are dumped by ftp) I
> can do the basic stuff with the date ie DATE = `date +%m%u` but setting up
> the nnnn bit is where  I am getting lost.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Stu
>

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