The mv command does not change the mtime of the file, which is the default display. the filetimes: mtime, atime: can be reset to any time you want with the touch command.
sets filename's mtime to be Jan 1, 2007 at midnight.
The ctime is NOT a creation time, there is no such thing in unix. It is the time some of the files inode metadata - like ownership or protection mask -- were changed.
I want to loop through files in a directory but omit the file with the latest date in my list of files. How would I accomplish this?
Thanks (2 Replies)
hlow all
i have folder with name like this
20110512
20110601
20110602
so i want move the last 1 day to other directory for example this date 20110602 so i want move folder older 1 day from this date
20110512 -----> this folder will move to other dir
20110601-----> this folder will move... (2 Replies)
I have multiple txt files which begin with the word "orders" in folder C:\source. I need to move the files to folder C:\dest and rename them to "process_<date>_<count>"
So for example , if there are 3 files ordersa.txt , ordersb.txt and ordersc.txt in C:\source , after running the script I want... (1 Reply)
I have multiple txt files which begin with the word "orders" in folder C:\source. I need to move the files to folder C:\dest and rename them to "process_<date>_<count>"
So for example , if there are 3 files ordersa.txt , ordersb.txt and ordersc.txt in C:\source , after running the script I want... (7 Replies)
Dear experts,
I have a file named "GI_GR.csv" generated by SAP everyday. What I need is every last date of the month ( Jan 31, Feb 28/29, Mar 31, etc), the file is copied to subfolder named "archive" and rename it to "GI_GR_Jan.csv" for January and so on. What I want to ask is, how to check if... (8 Replies)
I'm having problems with my bash script. I would like to find a file matching today's date in the filename, i.e. my_file_20120902.txt and then move it to a different directory, i.e. /tmp. Thanks. (1 Reply)
There are files in a directory and I have to move multiple files adding datetimestamp before the file type.
/Data/
abc.csv
def.csv
ghi.csv
I have to move this files to archive directory adding datatimestamp before .csv
/archive/
abc_YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.csv
def_YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.csv... (7 Replies)
Hi
i want to copy all the files of current date in another directory.
for example, below i want to save all the file of 26 march to copied in debug dir.
$ ls -lrt | tail -5
-rwxrwxrwx 1 khare guest 73 Jan 6 12:35 chk
-rw-r--r-- 1 khare guest 770 Mar 26 02:21 cc1... (2 Replies)
Suppose i have a list of files in a directory as mentioned below
1. Shankar_04152019_ny.txt
2. Gopi_shan_03122019_mi.txt
3. Siva_mourya_02242019_nd.txt
..
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1000 . Jiva_surya_02282019_nd.txt
query : At one shot i want to modify the above all filenames present in one path with... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shankar455
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touch
TOUCH(1) User Commands TOUCH(1)NAME
touch - change file timestamps
SYNOPSIS
touch [OPTION]... FILE...
DESCRIPTION
Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-a change only the access time
-B, --backward=SECONDS
Modify the time by going back SECONDS seconds. For example, touch -r foo -B 5 bar will make the file bar 5 seconds older than file
foo.
-c, --no-create
do not create any files
-d, --date=STRING
parse STRING and use it instead of current time
-F, --forward=SECONDS
Modify the time by going forward SECONDS seconds. For example, touch -r foo -F 5 bar will make the file bar 5 seconds newer than
file foo.
-f (ignored)
-m change only the modification time
-r, --reference=FILE
use this file's times instead of current time
-t STAMP
use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
--time=WORD
set time given by WORD: access atime use (same as -a) modify mtime (same as -m)
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Note that the -d and -t options accept different time-date formats.
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for touch is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and touch programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info touch
should give you access to the complete manual.
touch (coreutils) 4.5.3 October 2002 TOUCH(1)