On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 02:49:27PM -0800, Harris, Jason wrote:
 
> /usr/bin/X11/import -window root dump.bmp
> 
> I've always wanted to do a date command, perl it up and make the filename of
> the import results datestamped like dump29012002_143900.bmp.  Is there
> anyone out there that can do that in a perl-one-liner ?
> 

why not:

/usr/bin/X11/import -window root "dump-$USER-`date +%d%m%Y_%H%M%S`.bmp"

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