Take the 2-minute tour ×  How can I create a file in unix or
linux based on variable value ?   If I store date in a variable
in linux,  YESTERDAY=`date --date='1 day ago' '+%d-%m-%Y'`  it
will store value to YESTERDAY as 27-1-2010.  Here I want to
create file as name of 27-1-2010,  How can I create file with
variable 'YESTERDAY' ?  i want appending operation too. How can
i do this ?  share|improve this question Unless you've got a
compelling reason (as in, some application already expects this
date format), please do it Y-m-d and keep yourself sane. d-m-Y
never sorts right, and over time, you'll be very upset. –  Matt
Simmons Feb 2 '10 at 4:45 @Matt Simmons , Thanks i will change
at my real time usage. –  Kumar Feb 2 '10 at 5:29  4 Answers 4
echo "something" > $YESTERDAY  to append:  echo "something" >>
$YESTERDAY share|improve this answer  I don't see anything wrong
with echo "foo" >> $YESTERDAY or cat otherfile >> $YESTERDAY
What are you trying to cat? Or alternately what are you trying
to put into the