Sorting Files by date and moving files in date order

rebel64 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008

I need to build a k shell script that will sort files in a directory where files appear like this "XXXX_2008021213.DAT. I need to sort by date in the filename and then move files by individual date to a working folder. concatenate the files in the working folder then start a process once process is finish then increment by +1 and move the next date to the working folder. Using a AIX box but shortly will be switching to Linux

rikxik · #2 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008

Show your code.

vakharia Mahesh · #3 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008

You can use sort -k1.??(starting field no),ending filed no.
say for example for your date XXXX_2008021213.DAT to sort this on year
mth and date order you can use
sort -k1.6,1.9 -k1.10,1.11 -k1.12,1.13 input_file > output file
Cheer up

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