How can I automatically add the date to the output PDF file name?
1
Currently when I generate a PDF file of my document, it produces the name
document1.pdf
I'd like to set it so that it adds the current date (or the date produced by date{today}), such as
document1_March_15_2019.pdf
or however it may produce the date. Is there a method to do that? The closest I found was this link but I'm not using an emac or pdftex, I think. I am using TexMaker on a Mac OS Mojave.
compiling date
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Currently when I generate a PDF file of my document, it produces the name
document1.pdf
I'd like to set it so that it adds the current date (or the date produced by date{today}), such as
document1_March_15_2019.pdf
or however it may produce the date. Is there a method to do that? The closest I found was this link but I'm not using an emac or pdftex, I think. I am using TexMaker on a Mac OS Mojave.
compiling date
edited Mar 15 at 16:50
samcarter
92.8k7105299
asked Mar 15 at 16:14
HS-nebulaHS-nebula
1064
The command date{today} is aLaTeXcommand that will get its value during compilation from theTeXdistro (for exampleTeX LiveorMacTeX) that yourTeXmakeris using. So,TeXmakerwill never see this output of this command but will just let it printed in your pdf document via yourTeXdistro. So, try to find out if texmaker have available in a variable the current date and add this variable before the.pdfextension in yourTeXmakeroptions at the output filename.
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:35
the pdf is made by latex (not texmaker) and is just the filename of your source file with.texchanged to.pdfso if you save the file ashs-nebula.texthen the generated file will behs-nebula.pdfdocument1is presumably just a default file name if you start a blank file without saving it to a specific name (although I don't use texmaker to be sure)
– David Carlisle
Mar 15 at 16:35
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Currently when I generate a PDF file of my document, it produces the name
document1.pdf
I'd like to set it so that it adds the current date (or the date produced by date{today}), such as
document1_March_15_2019.pdf
or however it may produce the date. Is there a method to do that? The closest I found was this link but I'm not using an emac or pdftex, I think. I am using TexMaker on a Mac OS Mojave.
compiling date
edited Mar 15 at 16:50
samcarter
92.8k7105299
asked Mar 15 at 16:14
HS-nebulaHS-nebula
1064
Currently when I generate a PDF file of my document, it produces the name
document1.pdf
I'd like to set it so that it adds the current date (or the date produced by date{today}), such as
document1_March_15_2019.pdf
or however it may produce the date. Is there a method to do that? The closest I found was this link but I'm not using an emac or pdftex, I think. I am using TexMaker on a Mac OS Mojave.
compiling date
compiling date
edited Mar 15 at 16:50
samcarter
92.8k7105299
asked Mar 15 at 16:14
HS-nebulaHS-nebula
1064
edited Mar 15 at 16:50
samcarter
92.8k7105299
asked Mar 15 at 16:14
HS-nebulaHS-nebula
1064
edited Mar 15 at 16:50
samcarter
92.8k7105299
edited Mar 15 at 16:50
samcarter
92.8k7105299
edited Mar 15 at 16:50
samcarter
92.8k7105299
92.8k7105299
asked Mar 15 at 16:14
HS-nebulaHS-nebula
1064
asked Mar 15 at 16:14
HS-nebulaHS-nebula
1064
asked Mar 15 at 16:14
HS-nebulaHS-nebula
1064
1064
The command date{today} is aLaTeXcommand that will get its value during compilation from theTeXdistro (for exampleTeX LiveorMacTeX) that yourTeXmakeris using. So,TeXmakerwill never see this output of this command but will just let it printed in your pdf document via yourTeXdistro. So, try to find out if texmaker have available in a variable the current date and add this variable before the.pdfextension in yourTeXmakeroptions at the output filename.
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:35
the pdf is made by latex (not texmaker) and is just the filename of your source file with.texchanged to.pdfso if you save the file ashs-nebula.texthen the generated file will behs-nebula.pdfdocument1is presumably just a default file name if you start a blank file without saving it to a specific name (although I don't use texmaker to be sure)
– David Carlisle
Mar 15 at 16:35
add a comment |
The command date{today} is aLaTeXcommand that will get its value during compilation from theTeXdistro (for exampleTeX LiveorMacTeX) that yourTeXmakeris using. So,TeXmakerwill never see this output of this command but will just let it printed in your pdf document via yourTeXdistro. So, try to find out if texmaker have available in a variable the current date and add this variable before the.pdfextension in yourTeXmakeroptions at the output filename.
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:35
the pdf is made by latex (not texmaker) and is just the filename of your source file with.texchanged to.pdfso if you save the file ashs-nebula.texthen the generated file will behs-nebula.pdfdocument1is presumably just a default file name if you start a blank file without saving it to a specific name (although I don't use texmaker to be sure)
– David Carlisle
Mar 15 at 16:35
The command date{today} is a
LaTeX command that will get its value during compilation from the TeX distro (for example TeX Live or MacTeX) that your TeXmaker is using. So, TeXmaker will never see this output of this command but will just let it printed in your pdf document via your TeX distro. So, try to find out if texmaker have available in a variable the current date and add this variable before the .pdf extension in your TeXmaker options at the output filename.– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:35
The command date{today} is a
LaTeX command that will get its value during compilation from the TeX distro (for example TeX Live or MacTeX) that your TeXmaker is using. So, TeXmaker will never see this output of this command but will just let it printed in your pdf document via your TeX distro. So, try to find out if texmaker have available in a variable the current date and add this variable before the .pdf extension in your TeXmaker options at the output filename.– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:35
the pdf is made by latex (not texmaker) and is just the filename of your source file with
.tex changed to .pdf so if you save the file as hs-nebula.tex then the generated file will be hs-nebula.pdf document1 is presumably just a default file name if you start a blank file without saving it to a specific name (although I don't use texmaker to be sure)– David Carlisle
Mar 15 at 16:35
the pdf is made by latex (not texmaker) and is just the filename of your source file with
.tex changed to .pdf so if you save the file as hs-nebula.tex then the generated file will be hs-nebula.pdf document1 is presumably just a default file name if you start a blank file without saving it to a specific name (although I don't use texmaker to be sure)– David Carlisle
Mar 15 at 16:35
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For editors that execute commands in a bash-based shell, you can modify the preferences of your editor to compile with
mydate=$(date +'%B_%d_%Y') ; pdflatex --jobname="document1_$mydate" %.tex
This will generate a pdf called document1_March_15_2019.pdf
answered Mar 15 at 16:36
samcartersamcarter
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Nice (+1)... I suggest an edit to remove theTeXmakertag and the TeXmaker from the title to make the question/answer just specific to the OS (Linux/Mac) and not to the editor
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:43
@koleygr Feel free to edit
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:47
Just to clarify, do I add this to the PdfLaTeX box in texmaker >> Preferences or is this a user command?
– HS-nebula
Mar 15 at 16:50
Was commenting to ask the OP... but he did it before my question...
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:51
@HS-nebula You can do it either way. If you want to compile all your documents like this, you could directly modify the pdflatex preferences, if you only want to use it occasionally, a separate command might be better.
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:52
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For editors that execute commands in a bash-based shell, you can modify the preferences of your editor to compile with
mydate=$(date +'%B_%d_%Y') ; pdflatex --jobname="document1_$mydate" %.tex
This will generate a pdf called document1_March_15_2019.pdf
answered Mar 15 at 16:36
samcartersamcarter
92.8k7105299
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Nice (+1)... I suggest an edit to remove theTeXmakertag and the TeXmaker from the title to make the question/answer just specific to the OS (Linux/Mac) and not to the editor
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:43
@koleygr Feel free to edit
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:47
Just to clarify, do I add this to the PdfLaTeX box in texmaker >> Preferences or is this a user command?
– HS-nebula
Mar 15 at 16:50
Was commenting to ask the OP... but he did it before my question...
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:51
@HS-nebula You can do it either way. If you want to compile all your documents like this, you could directly modify the pdflatex preferences, if you only want to use it occasionally, a separate command might be better.
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:52
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For editors that execute commands in a bash-based shell, you can modify the preferences of your editor to compile with
mydate=$(date +'%B_%d_%Y') ; pdflatex --jobname="document1_$mydate" %.tex
This will generate a pdf called document1_March_15_2019.pdf
answered Mar 15 at 16:36
samcartersamcarter
92.8k7105299
1
Nice (+1)... I suggest an edit to remove theTeXmakertag and the TeXmaker from the title to make the question/answer just specific to the OS (Linux/Mac) and not to the editor
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:43
@koleygr Feel free to edit
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:47
Just to clarify, do I add this to the PdfLaTeX box in texmaker >> Preferences or is this a user command?
– HS-nebula
Mar 15 at 16:50
Was commenting to ask the OP... but he did it before my question...
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:51
@HS-nebula You can do it either way. If you want to compile all your documents like this, you could directly modify the pdflatex preferences, if you only want to use it occasionally, a separate command might be better.
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:52
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For editors that execute commands in a bash-based shell, you can modify the preferences of your editor to compile with
mydate=$(date +'%B_%d_%Y') ; pdflatex --jobname="document1_$mydate" %.tex
This will generate a pdf called document1_March_15_2019.pdf
answered Mar 15 at 16:36
samcartersamcarter
92.8k7105299
For editors that execute commands in a bash-based shell, you can modify the preferences of your editor to compile with
mydate=$(date +'%B_%d_%Y') ; pdflatex --jobname="document1_$mydate" %.tex
This will generate a pdf called document1_March_15_2019.pdf
answered Mar 15 at 16:36
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answered Mar 15 at 16:36
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answered Mar 15 at 16:36
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Nice (+1)... I suggest an edit to remove theTeXmakertag and the TeXmaker from the title to make the question/answer just specific to the OS (Linux/Mac) and not to the editor
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:43
@koleygr Feel free to edit
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:47
Just to clarify, do I add this to the PdfLaTeX box in texmaker >> Preferences or is this a user command?
– HS-nebula
Mar 15 at 16:50
Was commenting to ask the OP... but he did it before my question...
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:51
@HS-nebula You can do it either way. If you want to compile all your documents like this, you could directly modify the pdflatex preferences, if you only want to use it occasionally, a separate command might be better.
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:52
|
show 4 more comments
1
Nice (+1)... I suggest an edit to remove theTeXmakertag and the TeXmaker from the title to make the question/answer just specific to the OS (Linux/Mac) and not to the editor
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:43
@koleygr Feel free to edit
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:47
Just to clarify, do I add this to the PdfLaTeX box in texmaker >> Preferences or is this a user command?
– HS-nebula
Mar 15 at 16:50
Was commenting to ask the OP... but he did it before my question...
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:51
@HS-nebula You can do it either way. If you want to compile all your documents like this, you could directly modify the pdflatex preferences, if you only want to use it occasionally, a separate command might be better.
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:52
1
1
Nice (+1)... I suggest an edit to remove the
TeXmaker tag and the TeXmaker from the title to make the question/answer just specific to the OS (Linux/Mac) and not to the editor– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:43
Nice (+1)... I suggest an edit to remove the
TeXmaker tag and the TeXmaker from the title to make the question/answer just specific to the OS (Linux/Mac) and not to the editor– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:43
@koleygr Feel free to edit
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:47
@koleygr Feel free to edit
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:47
Just to clarify, do I add this to the PdfLaTeX box in texmaker >> Preferences or is this a user command?
– HS-nebula
Mar 15 at 16:50
Just to clarify, do I add this to the PdfLaTeX box in texmaker >> Preferences or is this a user command?
– HS-nebula
Mar 15 at 16:50
Was commenting to ask the OP... but he did it before my question...
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:51
Was commenting to ask the OP... but he did it before my question...
– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:51
@HS-nebula You can do it either way. If you want to compile all your documents like this, you could directly modify the pdflatex preferences, if you only want to use it occasionally, a separate command might be better.
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:52
@HS-nebula You can do it either way. If you want to compile all your documents like this, you could directly modify the pdflatex preferences, if you only want to use it occasionally, a separate command might be better.
– samcarter
Mar 15 at 16:52
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The command date{today} is a
LaTeXcommand that will get its value during compilation from theTeXdistro (for exampleTeX LiveorMacTeX) that yourTeXmakeris using. So,TeXmakerwill never see this output of this command but will just let it printed in your pdf document via yourTeXdistro. So, try to find out if texmaker have available in a variable the current date and add this variable before the.pdfextension in yourTeXmakeroptions at the output filename.– koleygr
Mar 15 at 16:35
the pdf is made by latex (not texmaker) and is just the filename of your source file with
.texchanged to.pdfso if you save the file ashs-nebula.texthen the generated file will behs-nebula.pdfdocument1is presumably just a default file name if you start a blank file without saving it to a specific name (although I don't use texmaker to be sure)– David Carlisle
Mar 15 at 16:35