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Create a set of files begining with the date in YYYMMDD format
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create_files_with_dates.sh
create_files_with_dates () {
file_name=$1
num_days=$2
tmp_dir="tmp/"
mkdir -p $tmp_dir
for ((i=0; i <= $1 - 1; i++)); do
day=`date -j -v-${i}d +%Y%m%d`
> ${tmp_dir}${day}${file_name}
done
}
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jzbruno commented Dec 22, 2016

Specific to the OS X date command.

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