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Suppose there are 2 variables as below

$sFileName="test" sSysDate=date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S

How to concatenate the 2 variables to form test_20191030123803

Thanks Gautam

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There are a few ways.
sFileDate="${sFileName}_${sSysDate}" Note the {}s are optional
sFileDate="$sFileName_$( date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S )
You can even do this in the date command, if you are careful. I have never tried to include a variable in the format. You could do it this way.
sFileDate=$( date +"test_"+%Y%m%d%H%M%S )
I do not know if this will work
sFileDate=$( date "+${sFileName}_%Y%m%d%H%M%S )

Some of these are OS and shell dependent.
If $( date ) does not work, you may have to enclose your command in back ticks instead: 'date '

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    You need curly braces in ${sFileName}_, to keep it from thinking the "_" is part of the variable name. I'd also recommend not using ${sFileName} as part of the format string for the date command, just in case it contains anything weird that the date command would try to parse and act on.
    – Gordon Davisson
    Oct 30, 2019 at 6:28

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