cp : no such file or directory bash script

Question

Why is It that I am not able to create a file? Here is my bash script:

#!/bin/bash

var=$(date +"%D")

sudo cp ./script1.sh "$var _script1.txt"

It's showing this error:

cp: cannot create regular file '01/23/20 _script1.txt': No such file or directory

I am even using sudo so there's definitely no permission problem.

There are / in the name so the date should be directories but it seems that the directories doesn't exists — Mickael B.
– Mickael B., Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 11:20
So if you want to create a directory 01 with a subdirectory 23 with a file 20_script1.txt you'll have to use mkdir -p see stackoverflow.com/questions/947954/… — Mickael B.
– Mickael B., Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 11:21
@MickaelB. I just want to create one directory with slashes ( / ) in it, is it not possible? — Shivansh
– Shivansh, Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 11:38
No it's not possible. See stackoverflow.com/questions/9847288/… or askubuntu.com/questions/719916/… — Mickael B.
– Mickael B., Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 12:04

nullPointer · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-23 12:05:17Z

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Your date variable contains / but you should not have / inside a filename. See this

I would suggest you change your variable to the below format (using - instead as separators) :

var=$(date +%M-%d-%Y)

With this format your copy operation should work

answered Jan 23, 2020 at 12:05

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DamianK · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-23 12:11:18Z

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You can't it's prohibited. But you can always use work around. For example use one of these sign. ( ⟋ ⁄ ∕ ⧸ ⁄ )

 mkdir "⧸test"

answered Jan 23, 2020 at 12:11

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