#! /usr/bin/sh

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# Project 1                             #
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# Lists all files from the              #
#       current directory that          #
#       match a specified pattern &     #
#       are newer, older, or the same   #
#       as a given date                 #
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# Get the search pattern                #
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# Get the date in the form mm dd yyyy   #
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# Get the flag    1 = newer than        #
#                 2 = older than        #
#                 3 = same as           #
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# Send the pattern output to a file     #
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ls -ld etc ...

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# Write a marker at the end of file     #
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THIS PART IS OPTIONAL, AS SHOWN BY EXAMPLES IN CLASS

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# Remaining input comes from the file   #
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# Display proper heading                #
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# Loop to process file lines            #
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read 9 things

while [  ]
do
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        # Determine time (1) or year (2)        #
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        case 

              Need to test for colon

        esac

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        # Translate character month to integer  #
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        12-part if

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        # Compute correct year                  #
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        if [ no colon in YearOrTime ]
             then
                 Year=$YearOrTime
        else
                 CurrentYear=`date '+%Y'`
                 CurrentMonth=`date '+%m'`
      
                 if [ $CurrentMonth between 1 and 6 ]
                      then 
                          if [ $Month between 7 and 12 ]
                               then
                                   Year=$CurrentYear
                                   Year=`expr $Year - 1`
                          else
                                   Year=$CurrentYear
                          fi

                 else
                                   Year=$CurrentYear
                 fi
        fi

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        # Identify files newer (1) or older (2) # 
        #          for processing               #
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        if [ looking for newer than ]
             then

        elif [ looking for older than ]
             then
                     
        else (this is the 'same as' part)

        fi

        read 9 new things

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        # Existence test                        #
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        THIS PART IS OPTIONAL, AS SHOWN BY EXAMPLES IN CLASS

done

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