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Double check your mv accepts the options..... 
 
Are you moving or copying? 
 
Try 
Instead of.. Your mv.... 
 
Use find /path/to/files -name &quot;*.cfg&quot; |while read a; do 
echo &quot;$a-&gt;/path/to/archive/$a.$today&quot; 
cp &quot;$a&quot; &quot;/path/to/archive/$a.$today&quot; 
done
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Arnold 
 
I want to move them so I can create fresh files. 
 
I found out why the --suffix did not work was because the destination folder was empty it only puts suffix on when file already exists in destination folder 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42712609-1">#!/bin/sh

today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)


mv -v -b --suffix=.'$today'-TG *.cfg archive
</code></pre>
 
I can not get the date to show at all 
 
root@tgcs017:/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/desktops# mv -v -b --suffix=.'$today'-TG *.cfg archive 
'TGKW001.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW001.cfg' (backup: 'archive/TGKW001.cfg.$today-TG') 
'TGKW003.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW003.cfg' (backup: 'archive/TGKW003.cfg.$today-TG') 
'TGKW004.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW004.cfg' (backup: 'archive/TGKW004.cfg.$today-TG') 
'TGKW005.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW005.cfg' 
'TGKW006.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW006.cfg' (backup: 'archive/TGKW006.cfg.$today-TG') 
'TGKW007-10.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW007-10.cfg' (backup: 'archive/TGKW007-10.cfg.$today-TG') 
'TGKW008-10.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW008-10.cfg' (backup: 'archive/TGKW008-10.cfg.$today-TG') 
'TGKW009.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW009.cfg' (backup: 'archive/TGKW009.cfg.$today-TG') 
'TGKW012.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW012.cfg' (backup: 'archive/TGKW012.cfg.$today-TG') 
 
 
root@tgcs017:/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/desktops/archive# ls 
TGKW001.cfg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TGKW003.cfg.$today-TG &nbsp;TGKW005.cfg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TGKW007-10.cfg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TGKW008-10.cfg.$today-TG &nbsp;TGKW012.cfg 
TGKW001.cfg.$today-TG &nbsp;TGKW004.cfg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TGKW006.cfg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TGKW007-10.cfg.$today-TG &nbsp;TGKW009.cfg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; TGKW012.cfg.$today-TG 
TGKW003.cfg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TGKW004.cfg.$today-TG &nbsp;TGKW006.cfg.$today-TG &nbsp;TGKW008-10.cfg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TGKW009.cfg.$today-TG 
 
 
Thoughts?
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The suffix is only used when in the target directory a file would be removed/overwritten. 
 
beside the need to use &quot;$today&quot; &nbsp;in stead of 'today'... 
You may want to consider the use of mmv which can handle these cases better. 
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/mmv" rel="ugc">http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/mmv</a>
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Noci 
 
Did you see my last posting? 
 
I changed the today to $today but it is still not changing 
 
I installed mmv &nbsp; &nbsp;do you have a good example ?
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why not use the example I provided that would loop trough, replace the cp to mv. 
 
Another option could be to use csv, subversion to handle the versioning of the configuration files.... 
 
 
Unfamiliar with the mv with the suffix option. 
 
Find | while is a quick 
 
in my example. $today is set by your script earlier on, it is not defined within my example without that.
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Arnold 
 
please post it using the CODE option for easier reading 
 
 
Thanks
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42712711-1">#!/bin/sh
today=$(date+&quot;%Y-%m-%d&quot;)
dir='/path/to/file/source'
archive='/path/to/file/archive'

find &quot;$dir&quot; -name &quot;*.cfg&quot; |while read a; do
echo &quot;$a-&gt;/path/to/archive/$a.$today&quot;
mv &quot;$a&quot; &quot;$archive/$a.$today&quot;
done 
</code></pre>
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Arnold getting close 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42712723-1">#!/bin/sh

today=$(date +&quot;%Y-%m-%d&quot;)

dir='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers'
archive='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive'

find &quot;$dir&quot; -name &quot;*.cfg&quot; |while read a; do
echo &quot;$a-&gt;/path/to/archive/$a.$today-TG&quot;
mv &quot;$a&quot; &quot;$archive/$a.$today-TG&quot;
done
</code></pre>
 
NOTE I am running the update.sh from the source directory '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers' 
 
 
My results 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42712723-2">/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS021-N2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive//usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS021-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
mv: cannot move '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS021-N2.cfg' to '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive//usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS021-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG': No such file or directory
</code></pre>
 
Path problem? 
 
ALso I added -TG to the suffix 
 
 
Thoughts
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Yes path, the find with the full path returns the explicit .... 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42712734-1">#!/bin/sh

today=$(date +&quot;%Y-%m-%d&quot;)

dir='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers'
archive='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive'
#cd &quot;$dir&quot; and change the search to . if this does not work
find &quot;$dir&quot; -name &quot;*.cfg&quot; |while read a; do
filename=$(basename &quot;$a&quot;) # return the filename from the results.
echo &quot;$a-&gt;$archive/$filename.$today-TG&quot;
mv &quot;$a&quot; &quot;$archive/$filename.$today-TG&quot;
done
</code></pre>
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<div>
Arnold 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42712741-1">#!/bin/sh

today=$(date +&quot;%Y-%m-%d&quot;)

dir='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers'
archive='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive'

find . -name &quot;*.cfg&quot; |while read a; do
filename=$(basename &quot;$a&quot;)
echo &quot;$a-&gt;/path/to/archive/$a.$today-TG&quot;
mv &quot;$a&quot; &quot;$archive/$a.$today-TG&quot;
done
</code></pre>
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42712741-2">root@tgcs017:/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers# ./update.sh
./TGCS021-N2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS021-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS010-2019.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS010-2019.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS006-2012R2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS006-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS014-N1.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS014-N1.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS015.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS015.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS020-2016.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS020-2016.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS004.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS004.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS005-S1.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS005-S1.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS014-N2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS014-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS002-2016.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS002-2016.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS005-N1.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS005-N1.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS012.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS012.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS006-2016.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS006-2016.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS013.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS013.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS019-2012R2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS019-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS005-N2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS005-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS003-2012R2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS003-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS008.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS008.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS007-2012R2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS007-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS001-2012R2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS001-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS009-2012R2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS009-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./TGCS016.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./TGCS016.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
./archive/TGCS009.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./archive/TGCS009.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
mv: cannot move './archive/TGCS009.cfg' to '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive/./archive/TGCS009.cfg.2018-10-20-TG': No such file or directory
./archive/TGCS021-N2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./archive/TGCS021-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
mv: cannot move './archive/TGCS021-N2.cfg' to '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive/./archive/TGCS021-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG': No such file or directory
./archive/TGCS006-2012R2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./archive/TGCS006-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
mv: cannot move './archive/TGCS006-2012R2.cfg' to '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive/./archive/TGCS006-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG': No such file or directory
./archive/TGCS014-N1.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive/./archive/TGCS014-N1.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
</code></pre>
 
 
I moved them but look like a loop issue as it tried to do it again????? 
 
Thoughts
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<div>
Sorry, did not make it clear. and your subordinate (archive is within the search path. 
You have to choose whether to use the local (.) or use basename to strip out the filename from the results. 
at which point the cd &quot;$dir&quot; has to be before to make it the working directory. 
 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42712749-1">#!/bin/sh

today=$(date +&quot;%Y-%m-%d&quot;)

dir='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers'
archive='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive'

find &quot;$dir&quot; -name &quot;*.cfg&quot; |grep -vi 'archive' | while read a; do
filename=$(basename &quot;$a&quot;)
echo &quot;$a-&gt;/path/to/archive/$a.$today-TG&quot;
mv &quot;$a&quot; &quot;$archive/$a.$today-TG&quot;
done
</code></pre>
 
 
The grep will exclude the results from the archive subdirectory.
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<div>
<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42712756-1">#!/bin/sh

today=$(date +&quot;%Y-%m-%d&quot;)

dir='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers'
archive='/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive'

find &quot;$dir&quot; -name &quot;*.cfg&quot; |grep -vi 'archive' |while read a; do
filename=$(basename &quot;$a&quot;)
echo &quot;$a-&gt;/path/to/archive/$a.$today-TG&quot;
mv &quot;$a&quot; &quot;$archive/$a.$today-TG&quot;
done
</code></pre>
 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42712756-2">/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS021-N2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive//usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS021-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
mv: cannot move '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS021-N2.cfg' to '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive//usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS021-N2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG': No such file or directory
/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS010-2019.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive//usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS010-2019.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
mv: cannot move '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS010-2019.cfg' to '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive//usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS010-2019.cfg.2018-10-20-TG': No such file or directory
/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS006-2012R2.cfg-&gt;/path/to/archive//usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS006-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG
mv: cannot move '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS006-2012R2.cfg' to '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/archive//usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windowsservers/TGCS006-2012R2.cfg.2018-10-20-TG': No such file or directory
</code></pre>
 
 
No file moved this time and none renamed 
 
Thoughts
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Member_2_6492660_1

<div>
thanks noci. corrected one, forgot the other (important one)
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<div>
Thanks guys 
 
it is now working
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<div>
It was Arnold solution, i just fine tuned it..., 
He should get most of the points... (assigned).
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<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
Ubuntu 16.04.1 
 
I run Nagios on this server. 
 
I have a directory that contains .cfg files 
 
I would like to move those .cfg files to and archive directory &nbsp; 
 
Tying to use the mv command and add a suffix to the end of the files. 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-29122832-1">#!/bin/sh

today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)


mv -v -b --suffix=.'today'-TG *.cfg archive
</code></pre>
 
&nbsp;root@tgcs017:/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/desktops# ./update.sh 
'TGKW001.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW001.cfg' 
'TGKW003.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW003.cfg' 
'TGKW004.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW004.cfg' 
'TGKW005.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW005.cfg' 
'TGKW006.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW006.cfg' 
'TGKW007-10.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW007-10.cfg' 
'TGKW008-10.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW008-10.cfg' 
'TGKW009.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW009.cfg' 
'TGKW012.cfg' -&gt; 'archive/TGKW012.cfg' 
 
the script is simple and it runs it moves the files but never adds the suffix. 
 
Any ideas? 
 
Thank you
</div>
</div>

Ubuntu 16.04.1

I run Nagios on this server.

I have a directory that contains .cfg files 

I would like to move those .cfg files to and archive directory   

Tying to use the mv command and add a suffix to the end of the files.

(CODE)

 root@tgcs017:/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/desktops# ./update.sh
'TGKW001.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW001.cfg'
'TGKW003.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW003.cfg'
'TGKW004.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW004.cfg'
'TGKW005.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW005.cfg'
'TGKW006.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW006.cfg'
'TGKW007-10.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW007-10.cfg'
'TGKW008-10.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW008-10.cfg'
'TGKW009.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW009.cfg'
'TGKW012.cfg' -> 'archive/TGKW012.cfg'

the script is simple and it runs it moves the files but never adds the suffix.

Any ideas?

Thank you

MV --suffix Not Working

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