dharmik on Nostr: TIL how to use $(command) to capture the output of one command and use it in another! ...
TIL how to use $(command) to capture the output of one command and use it in another!
you can get the date as folder name (in format month abbreviate-date-year) with
mkdir "$(date +"%b%d%Y")"
- $(...) is used to execute the date command and substitute its output.
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