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Add the current date to a file in linux.
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now.sh
now=$(date +"%m_%d_%Y")
touch my_file_$now
# Will output something like my_file_08_20_2013
# You can also do this, which will have the same results
touch my_file_$(date +"%m_%d_%Y")
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