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Hi all,

let me explain my requirments

i am having 5 folder with different name for eg) abc , cdf , efd, rtg, ead

each 5 folders contain 15 files

i want to move 10 files to some other folder, remain 5 files should be there in the same folder.

give me some suggestion on this.

Any criteria on which 10 files to pick and which 5 to leave?

last 5 days file should be there and remaining need to move

Code:

 
find .  -type f -ctime +5 mv {} destination_path \;

thnks panyam

but my criteria is

i am having 5 folder with different name
e.g)

folder 1 --> 123/abc/(15 day files)
folder 1 --> 123/cdb/(15 day files)
folder 1 --> 123/qwe/(15 day files)
folder 1 --> 123/dfg/(15 day files)
folder 1 --> 123/qsd/(15 day files)


where 123 is the parent folder for abc,cbd,qwe,dfg,qsd

all the five folders having 15 days file , in that except last 5 days

i need to zip the remaining days files and move to different folder ......

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auctually i tried , but i could find for 5 directories ......

any suggestion plz

Code:

 
cd 123
find . -type f -mtime +5 -exec mv {}  /tmp/dest \;
 
find /tmp/dest  -type f -mtime +5 -exec gzip {}  \;

thanks a lot panyam

thnks for ur quick replay