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Shell Script For Directory

This Bash script renames all text files in a specified directory by appending today's date to their filenames. It checks if the directory exists and processes each text file if it is a regular file. The script requires a directory argument and provides usage instructions if none is given.

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Shell Script For Directory

This Bash script renames all text files in a specified directory by appending today's date to their filenames. It checks if the directory exists and processes each text file if it is a regular file. The script requires a directory argument and provides usage instructions if none is given.

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```bash

#!/bin/bash

# Function to rename text files in a directory with today's date


rename_files() {
local directory="$1"
local today=$(date +"%Y%m%d")

# Check if the directory exists


if [ -d "$directory" ]; then
# Loop through all text files in the directory
for file in "$directory"/*.txt; do
# Check if the file is a regular file
if [ -f "$file" ]; then
# Get the filename without the extension
filename=$(basename "$file" .txt)
# Rename the file with today's date appended
mv "$file" "$directory/$filename-$today.txt"
fi
done
echo "Text files in $directory renamed with today's date."
else
echo "Directory $directory does not exist."
fi
}

# Check if directory argument is provided


if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
exit 1
fi

# Call the function with the provided directory argument


rename_files "$1"
```

Save the script to a file (e.g., `rename_files.sh`), make it executable with the
command `chmod +x rename_files.sh`, and then execute it with `./rename_files.sh
<directory>`, where `<directory>` is the directory path containing the text files
you want to rename with today's date appended to their filenames.

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