Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] date+filename

On 03/14/2017 04:51 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:10:40 -0600, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to add to Xface menu: Configure Custom Actions
>> This:
>> pdfunite %N folder/`date +%F`-output.pdf
>>
>> The file in dir folder gets created ("-output.pdf") but is missing the
>> date.
>>
>> This works from command line:
>> pdfunite 1.pdf 2.pdf folder/`date +%F`-output.pdf
>
> Command substitution is a shell feature, so it may h=not work elsewhere.
> The solution may be to write a one line shell script and have XFCE call
> that.
>
> #!/bin/sh
> pdfunite $* $(date +%F)-output.pdf

Yes, that is what I end up doing, calling a bash script, it is easier to
implement.

pdfunite %N pdfunite-join.pdf && sh combine_files.sh

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Thelma