Unix shell, executing a command on a file based on date

Question

I have an application server that produces daily log on the following format:

access_log.{Y-m-d}

So I want to execute a command in a way like this:

tail -f access_log.{+%Y-%m-%d}

Is there any way to do a in single line without creating variables ?

Possible duplicate of [creating tar file and naming by current date](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18498359/creating-tar-file-and-naming-by-current-date) — tripleee, Nov 24 '17 at 05:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 23 '17 at 15:33

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Found here

tail -f "access_log.$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')"

edited Nov 23 '17 at 15:33

chepner

answered Nov 23 '17 at 12:24

Fabrizio Stellato

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