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  • Have you tried appending an asterisk to the end of the cd command? Assuming you are in bash and that there won't be two folders with the same date. E.g. cd $(date +"%Y%m%d")* Commented Sep 30, 2014 at 16:58
  • Thanks, $(date +"%Y%m%d")* works. Although it would be nice to learn how complete command works Commented Sep 30, 2014 at 17:53