I'm writing a script to find the oldest file in a directory. I know this can be done by using ls -rt | tail -1 but these are rather large directories and that can be somewhat slow since the script will be running constantly.
Are there any other ways to do this that would be faster? I looked to... (2 Replies)
hello people
i need your help please
i want to achieve the following with the simplest, most efficient shell-tools:
i have a directory with a lot of files from users.
the script should check which partition the dir is on
if the partition with the directory is more than 90% full
... (2 Replies)
Hi:-
I need help with a script I need to modify: - what's the best/easiest way to find out the oldest file in a directory and then move this file to another directory?
Thanks, (5 Replies)
Hi
I am want to create a script where the file gets moved from the current folder to a folder transfer based on the oldest first. This script should run one file at a time using a loop. I want it as a loop because I want to do some processing while I have one file. Can anyone guide me on this? (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I need to delete the oldest file in folder when the file count in the folder exceed 6 ( i have a process that puts the source files into this folder )
E.x : Folder : /data/opt/backup
01/01/2012 a.txt
01/02/2012 b.txt
... (1 Reply)
I need a script to clean up the files on our backup system. I was hoping this would be simple for someone to put together for me.
I'm sure I could do it, but I'm a bash n00b so it would definitely not be efficiently or within a reasonable amount of time. :(
Requirements:
- Root of backups... (3 Replies)
There are some 25,000 files in 7,000 directories in my source library and I am trying to find oldest files. I am running this find:
find /usr/mysrc -name "*." -type f -mtime +8000 -exec ls -l {} 2>/dev/null
and playing with the days parameter for mtime, but the output is not sorted... (3 Replies)
Trying to delete my 3 oldest files.
I am learning despite the many questions.
This shows the files.
ls -1r /media/andy/MAXTOR_SDB1/Ubuntu_Mate_18.04/Ubuntu_Documents.zip_* | tail -n+6adding this on did not work.
| -exec rm {}------ Post updated at 05:43 PM ------
This works, but I... (15 Replies)
Hello,
I have a simple while loopinside the script and I wish to tell unix to start reading from the oldest txt file. So, in case some new txt files are transferred into the same folder, the script will not take into consideration until all older files are completely processed. How may I do this?... (3 Replies)
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gnome2::thumbnailfactory
Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory(3pm)NAME
Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory - wrapper for GnomeThumbnailFactory
HIERARCHY
Glib::Object
+----Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory
METHODS
thumbnailfactory = Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory->new ($size)
o $size (Gnome2::ThumbnailSize)
boolean = $factory->can_thumbnail ($uri, $mime_type, $mtime)
o $uri (string)
o $mime_type (string)
o $mtime (a timestamp)
$factory->create_failed_thumbnail ($uri, $mtime)
o $uri (string)
o $mtime (a timestamp)
pixbuf = $factory->generate_thumbnail ($uri, $mime_type)
o $uri (string)
o $mime_type (string)
boolean = $factory->has_valid_failed_thumbnail ($uri, $mtime)
o $uri (string)
o $mtime (a timestamp)
string = $factory->lookup ($uri, $mtime)
o $uri (string)
o $mtime (a timestamp)
$factory->save_thumbnail ($thumbnail, $uri, $original_mtime)
o $thumbnail (Gtk2::Gdk::Pixbuf)
o $uri (string)
o $original_mtime (a timestamp)
ENUMS AND FLAGS
enum Gnome2::ThumbnailSize
o 'normal' / 'GNOME_THUMBNAIL_SIZE_NORMAL'
o 'large' / 'GNOME_THUMBNAIL_SIZE_LARGE'
SEE ALSO
Gnome2, Glib::Object
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003-2004 by the gtk2-perl team.
This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Gnome2 for a full notice.
perl v5.14.2 2011-11-16 Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory(3pm)