How to name a file with current time?

Question

I'm trying to create a file using bash that has the current time as it's name. This is how I'm trying to do it:

echo 'hello' > date +"%T".txt

What am I missing?

The expression after `>` is essentially a string. Use a command substitution to make that string be the output of a command. — tripleee, Jan 05 '19 at 17:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '19 at 17:39

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Use command substitution to capture date's output as a string.

echo 'hello' > "$(date +%T)".txt

answered Jan 05 '19 at 17:39

John Kugelman

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