#!/usr/bin/env sh # Exit if any command fails and enable tracing set -ex # Get today's date in the format YYYY-MM-DD today=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d") # Create a path to today's temp folder and then make sure the folder exists temp_path="/tmp/${today}" mkdir -p "${temp_path}" # Now make a symlink to the folder in your homedir ln -sf "${temp_path}" "${HOME}/today" # Disable tracing set +x # Write out the path you created echo "${temp_path}"