add date at the file name when moving a file from one panel to another

Question

I thought add a new command :movewithdate in vifmrc, to add date at the file name while moving from a panel to another with F6

first example:

.vifmrc will become after F6 on the right panel 20240508_.vifmrc

second example:

fileBackup will become after F6 on the right panel 20240508_fileBackup

has someone any idea, thx

Answer 1

Works only for a single file:

nnoremap <silent> <f6> :move <c-r>=system('date +%Y%m%d')<cr>_<c-x>c<cr>

<c-r>=system('date +%Y%m%d')<cr> is what inserts the date. _<c-x>c inserts "_" followed by file's name.

Comments

not working yet, but still try to change your code. I will tell you later, thank you

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Check your version of Vifm. Expression register was added in v0.12.1.

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Arrrrgh got the Version: 0.12

need to update, thx a lot

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@ xaizek

just for info

if I type

vifm -v

I think have the version 0.12

but if I type

apt list --all-versions vifm

I can see that I have the version 0.12-1

The expression register should therefore work, but on my system it does not.

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You have 0.12, not 0.12.1. 0.12-1 means "version 0.12, package version 1". Package version (a.k.a. build version) is for tracking changes in packaging within the same release of some software.

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Works perfectly in version 13 too

copy file or directory - eg:

Germany.................to....................20241130_Germany

nnoremap <silent> <f8> :copy <c-r>=system('date +%Y%m%d')<cr>_<c-x>c<cr>

Move file or directory - eg:

Germany.................to....................20241130_Germany

nnoremap <silent> <f9> :move <c-r>=system('date +%Y%m%d')<cr>_<c-x>c<cr>

thank you xaizek