UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,
I need to zip the list of files using from date Stamp to end date Stamp, How can I filter and make FromDate_EndDate.gzip?
any idea?

gzip can only compress a single file. For a range of files (that is, an archive) you will require InfoZIP or an intermediate program to generate an archive file which can then be compressed using gzip.

With a little effort, you can use the find(1) command to generate a list of files for the desired date range.

For example, to find file that were modified between three and four weeks ago,

# find . -type f -mtime -29 -mtime +21

Or, find all files that were modified less than 29 days ago and more than 21 days ago. Try a few experiments to make certain you have the desired date range.

Either pipe it directly into zip(1),

# find . -type f -mtime -29 -mtime +21 | zip -@ 061110_061201.zip

or use the output as the file list for tar(1) and then pit into gzip:

# tar cvf - `find . -type f -mtime -29 -mtime +21` | gzip -c 1>061110_061201.tgz

To extract the gzip'd tarball,

# gunzip -c 061110_061201.tgz | tar xvf -