awk script to find the number of files

uni_ajay_r · #1 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006

awk script to find the number of files in a directory with their date less than 15-oct-2006

please help

tayyabq8 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006

Why you want to use awk only? Any technical reason.?

uni_ajay_r · #3 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006

no technical reason as such.
even a awk command on the prompt line would do

tayyabq8 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006

Why you don't you use find, like this:

Code:

#Create a file with a datestamp of 15 Oct, 2006 first
touch -t 200610150000.00 test

#Find the files newer than 'test' and redirect the output to test1 file
find . -type f -newer test -print > test1

#Count the number of lines in 'test1' file, this is what you want
wc -l test1

hnhegde · #5 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006

Ajay,

Have you explored 'find' command with '-ctime' or '-mtime' option?

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