If condition to check one file newer than the other - first file name uncertain
Dear All,
I'm new to unix scripting. I'm trying to write an utility script which has to check if one file is newer than another one. The condition is I dont know the full name of the first file. I searched google and this forum for any such examples, but couldn't find any or may be I would have missed it.
I wrote this simple check using if, but it is not working.
If i give a definite file name, it prints "file found", but when I use an *, even if the file is present it says "file not found"
I will have to use the wildcard charcater * bcoz each time the text following "xyz" is different.
Could anyone please tell me how to fix this.
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks
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I'm new to unix scripting. I'm trying to write an utility script which has to check if one file is newer than another one. $3 $4 $5 $6 are files .txt. Help me please.
for i in $3 $4 $5 $6
do
if
then
echo "$1 is newer than $i"
else
echo "$i is newer than $1"
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