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Asked: 2026-05-14T18:34:49+00:00

I’m trying to do something like this: mysqldump –user c1bt3 –password=blah c1bt3 > c1bt{date}.sql

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I’m trying to do something like this:

mysqldump --user c1bt3 --password=blah c1bt3 > c1bt{date}.sql

where date is replaced with the current date, i.e. c1bt5-11-10.sql, and I’m trying to do it from a linux shell script.

Any ideas how I can do this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can either use the date command with your favourite formating

    DATE=$(date)
mysqldump --user c1bt3 --password=blah c1bt3 > c1bt${DATE}.sql

    or use the date formating capailities of your shell, which can vary a bit.

    This is ZSH:

    $ print -P "%D{%H:%M:%S}"
22:30:23

    Same usage…

    DATE=$(print -P "%D{%H:%M:%S}")
mysqldump --user c1bt3 --password=blah c1bt3  > c1bt${DATE}.sql
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