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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T04:10:05+00:00 2026-05-18T04:10:05+00:00

I have a script with a line: ruby /root/backup_scripts/new_scripts/aapxen01.rb>>/volumes/backups/aapxen01/$date.log 2>&1 This produces a log

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I have a script with a line:

ruby /root/backup_scripts/new_scripts/aapxen01.rb>>/volumes/backups/aapxen01/$date.log  2>&1

This produces a log file named “.log”, obviously not what I’m looking for. How do I do it to produce the current date as the filename?

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    2026-05-18T04:10:06+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 4:10 am

    Replace $date with:

    `date "+%Y-%m-%d"`
    
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