A script for file transfer

Question

Here is my script which I have created for transferring particular types of files from directories. I am struggling to find a way to move the file to archive directory with current time stamp.

#!/bin/bash
SERVER='abc.com'
USER='xyz'
PASSWD='lddkdkdkas'
find /directory/ -name ABC002*.csv | while read fname
do
   scp $fname xyz@abc.com:~/XYZ/
   mv $fname ./archive/
done

Here I can move the file to archive, but I am not able to move it with name changed to filename *timestamp.

Answer 1

try

mv $fname ./archive/$(basename $fname)-$(date +%Y%m%d-%T)

Answer 2

Try:

mv $fname /tmp/`basename $fname`-`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M`

You can use variations of this theme if you prefer different timestamps or filenames. Be aware that this solution is not robust enough to handle multiple filenames.

Answer 3

Add a basename to Warner's answer:

 mv $fname ./archive/`basename $fname`-`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M`

Answer 4

Try this

mv $fname ./archive/`date +%m%d%y-%T`-$fname

There are single backticks in front of date and after T They do not show up in post for some reason

Answer 5

You might need to use the basename command to strip the complete file path.

Also you might want to use an array to generate a list of files to move later; or even to use the -exec option of find, something like:

find /dir -iname BLAH -exec sh -c 'new_name=$(basename {}); scp {} user@host:dest/ && mv {} /archive/$new_name$(date..)' \;

(don't forget the \; at the end)

That line archives the file only after (&&) a successful copy over ssh.

Another hint: perhaps you want to tar the files and send a compressed archive over the network? This might save you the ssh handshaking time (and use ssh keys! don't save passwords in scripts you will leave around!)