grunt-date-suffix


grunt-date-suffix

Grunt plugin for renaming a file with a date suffix.

Install

npm install grunt-date-suffix --save-dev

Configure

//Gruntfile.js
  grunt.initConfig({
    datesuffix: {
      test1: {
        file: "test.txt",               //required
      },
      test2: {
        file: "test.txt",               //required
        dest: "output",                 //default: undefined
      },
      test3: {
        file: "test.txt",               //required
        dest: "output",                 //default: undefined
        copy: true,                     //default: false
        date_format: "yyyyMMdd"         //default: "yyyyMMddhhmmssSSS"
      },
      test4: {
        files: "filedoesnotexist.txt",  //required
        ignore_nonexistent: true        //default: false
      }
    }
  });

  grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-date-suffix");

Use

grunt datesuffix:test1
grunt datesuffix:test2
grunt datesuffix:test3
grunt datesuffix:test4

####Result

# test1
  test.20150116201020123.txt
  
# test2
  output/test.20150116201020123.txt
  
# test3
  test.txt
  output/test.20150116.txt
  
# test4
# no error is thrown even if the file does not exist