Filename with added modified date and assign it to a variable

reno_queen

I want to find a file in a Unix directory and if exist I want to assign the filename along with its modified time stamp to a variable like the below variable=(find the file name, if exist add the filename with _a string _and modified time stamp) Is it possible? It should look like filename_string_modifieddate(yyyymmdd)

Originally asked by user2310119 on Stack Exchange (unix) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Try this: variable=`find . putYourConditionHere -exec ls -l --time-style +(%Y%m%d): {} \;|sed 's/.*\(([0-9]*)\): \(.*\)/\2_string_modifieddate\1/'` So you use find to find your file, use option -exec exec ls on it with option --time-style to get the desired format and finally sed to get the correct order. Pass this to your variable. I included the : in the date because a file name must not contain it. Otherwise the script would fail for filenames including something like () or (42) .

Full answer by Philippos: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/353244 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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