Echo current date in bash?

[babadoctor]

Hello!

I would like to echo the current date in bash.

But not in number form. 

 

I would like to have the following:

 

echo $now

where now is the date in a form like this:

Aug1_2016_(minutes and seconds go afterwards, but I know how to implement that.)

Currently, the date that is echoed is: now=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S")

I would like to have it in a format like this:

Aug1_2016_(rest of date)

and the date goes up with time.

Oct, Sep, Nov, etc..

 

Is this possible?

[Mr_KoKa]

$(date +"%b%-d_%Y_%H_%M_%S")

 

%d is day of month 01 to 31 %-d removes leading zero so it fits your needs.