Quickly create a file backup
Replace filename (or suffix) accordingly:
cp filename{,.bak}Written by Marc Hibbins
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slick. I created a function for this.
create a backup of a file
function bu() {
cp "$1"{,.bak}
}
call it like this $ bu filename
over 1 year ago
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A much more elegant in Bash: mv file !#:$.bak
over 1 year ago
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