UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

#!/bin/bash

cd (/dir/with/dirforarchiving)
ARCHIVE=(/temp/dir/)
FIND=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d)
ARRAY=(`ls ${FIND} -ltd | tail -2`)

names=(${ARRAY[7]} ${ARRAY[15]})
dates=(${ARRAY[5]} ${ARRAY[13]})

for i in {0..1}
do
        CUT=$(echo ${dates[$i]} | cut -d- -f1,2)
        if [[ -d ${ARCHIVE}${CUT[$i]} ]]
        then
                tar -zcvf ${names[$i]}.tar.gz ${names[$i]}
                mv ${names[$i]}.tar.gz ${ARCHIVE}${CUT[$i]}
        else
                mkdir ${ARCHIVE}${CUT[$i]}
        fi
done

destprefix=/tmp/tars
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '%Ts %TY-%Tm %f\0' | sort -znk1 | while read -rd '' epoch date dir && ((max++ < 2))
do
    dest=$destprefix/$date
    echo mkdir -p "$dest"
    echo tar -zcvf "$dest/$dir.tar.gz" "$dir"
done

if directory exists
    tar
    mv
else
    mkdir
fi

if directory doesn't exist
    mkdir
fi
tar
mv

%TY-%Tm

sort -znk1

read -rd