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April 27, 2023 17:32
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Bash function to create a unique filename
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| unique_name() { | |
| local base=$1 | |
| local ext=$2 | |
| local name="${base}.${ext}" | |
| if [[ -e $name || -L $name ]]; then | |
| i=1 | |
| while [[ -e "${base}-${i}.${ext}" || -L "${base}-${i}.${ext}" ]]; do | |
| let i++ | |
| done | |
| name="${base}-${i}.${ext}" | |
| fi | |
| echo $name; | |
| } | |
| # filename=$(unique_name "foo-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)" "tgz") | |
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