Need to store information relating to certain files

ramu_indian · #1 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008

I need to save information relating to certain files that are projected to deleted.

I am using

Code:

find $defPath/archive/sub/subchild -type f -mtime +365 > LOGFILE 
cat LOGFILE| 
while read line
do
ls -l $line | cut -d" " -f 10-15
done

But, since cut is cutting columns on space (single space is like a field) the out put fields are irregular.

I want to retrieve information of a file like,

The file size,
Date of created/modified
File name.

Is there any way that I can get these vital details other than using cut command?

Please suggest.

R.

robotronic · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008

Sure

Try with awk:

Code:

find $defPath/archive/sub/subchild -type f -mtime +365 -exec ls -l {} \; | \
awk '{ for (i=5;i<=NF;i++) printf("%s%s", $i, i==NF?"\n":" ") }'

This implies that the fields you require are:

$5 = Size
$6, $7, $8 = Date (the output may depend on the international settings)
All the remaining = File name

ramu_indian · #3 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008

Quote:

(the output may depend on the international settings)

Not sure about them, but it worked in my case.

A very BIG thank you

R

robotronic · #4 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008

Oh, well, ignore that

Depending on the LANG variable, the output may vary but it doesn't change the behaviour of the script (also if the date format eventually comprises more than three fields) because it prints all the fields, starting from 5th.

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