This requires a version of date which can do -d "day" and +%s which -- with my luck -- probably excludes yours. But anyway, here goes. This converts the date in the file name into a canonical date stamp (seconds since Jan 1, 1970, also known as "Unix epoch") which is then easy to compare by whatever you have which can compare two numbers.
The cut command extracts the date; xargs arranges to have those results passed to date one by one, constructing and executing a command like date -d "2008-04-24" +"%s RECF-2008-02-24-input". The %s format specifier is "seconds since epoch"
Edit: fergeddit, radoulov's solution is much better, as usual /-:
Last edited by era; 04-23-2008 at 09:55 AM..
Reason: got beaten up by R again
Hi,
I have a requirement that i need to store only the filename without its extension. Can anyone please help me to do this.
For Example, i have stored the filename in a varialble called fname. I need to extract all the charecters before the first occurence of the dot.
If fname has value... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Any help on this would be very appreciated.
I capture the full path & filename in a variable like (varFile=/home/user/extfile.txt). Now in my shell script I have to use only the filename part i.e. extfile.txt. How do I extract only the filename part from the variable?
Thanks in... (3 Replies)
I need to extract the date part from the file name (20080221 in this ex) and compare it with the current date and delete it, if it is a past date.
$file = exp_ABCD4_T-2584780_upto_20080221.dmp.Z
really appreciate any help.
thanks
mkneni (4 Replies)
Hi,
I need to extract the file name without filetype.
Suppose in DIR1 if i have files like F1.txt and F2.DOC then i need to return F1 and F2 only with out file types (txt and DOC).
I tried with the following code
newname = ` $i | cut -d "'." -f1`
but it is giving the error " 0403-006... (1 Reply)
hi all,
I'm trying to automate some tasks and while I've got the script itself working, I'm having difficulties with automatic file detection and associated variable setting...
for example, in a directory I've got several files... something along the lines of:
xis0_NAME_src.file... (2 Replies)
I am using ksh93 on Solaris.
Ok, this may seem like a simple request at first. I have a directory that contains sets of files with a YYYYMMDD component to the name, along with other files of different filespecs. something like this:
20110501_1.dat
20110501_2.dat
20110501_3.dat... (2 Replies)
Hi
I would like to extract the first portion of filename from a list of files.
The filename pattern is of the form 123456789_TEXT_TEXT_TEXT_.csv. I want to extract just the numerical portion of this filename from the list of files and then output this into another text file.
K (6 Replies)
Hello,
I'd like to write a monthly archive script that archives some logs. But I'd like to do it based on yesterday's date. In other words, I'd like to schedule the script to run on the 1st day of each month, but have the archive filename include the previous month instead.
Here's what I... (5 Replies)
Suppose i have a list of files in a directory as mentioned below
1. Shankar_04152019_ny.txt
2. Gopi_shan_03122019_mi.txt
3. Siva_mourya_02242019_nd.txt
..
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1000 . Jiva_surya_02282019_nd.txt
query : At one shot i want to modify the above all filenames present in one path with... (4 Replies)
I am using bash and have a filename with a path and extension and want to extract just the filename
Have used the following code, oflna gives the file name with extension, but now neet to remove the .texi at the end.
oflna=${flnm##*/}
oflnb=${${flnm##*/}%.*}
echo "flnm: $flnm"
echo... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
date
DATE(1) General Commands Manual DATE(1)NAME
date - print or set the date and time
SYNOPSIS
date [-qsu] [[MMDDYY]hhmm[ss]] [+format]
OPTIONS -q Read the date from stdin
-s Set the time (implicit for -q or a date string)
-u Print the date as GMT
-t Use this number of seconds instead of current time
EXAMPLES
date # Print the date and time
date 0221921610 # Set date to Feb 21, 1992 at 4:10 p.m.
DESCRIPTION
With the -q flag or a numeric argument, date sets the GMT time and date. MMDDYY refers to the month, day, and year; hhmmss refers to the
hour, minute and second. Each of the six fields must be exactly two digits, no more and no less. date always display the date and time,
with the default format for the system. The -u flag request GMT time instead of local time. A format may be specified with a + followed
by a printf-like string with the following options:
%% % character
%A Name of the day
%B Name of the month
%D mm/dd/yy
%H Decimal hour on 2 digits
%I Decimal hour modulo 12 on 2 digits
%M Decimal minute on 2 digits
%S Decimal seconds on 2 digits
%T HH:MM:SS
%U Decimal week number, Sunday being first day of week
%W Decimal week number, Monday being first day of week
%X Same as %T
%Y Decimal year on 4 digits
%Z Time Zone (if any)
%a Abbreviated name of the day
%b Abbreviated name of the month
%c Appropriate date & time (default format)
%d Decimal day of the month on 2 digits
%e Same as %d, but a space replaces leading 0
%h Same as %b
%j Decimal dey of the year on 3 digits
%m Decimal month on 2 digits
%n Newline character
%p AM or PM
%r 12-hour clock time with AM/PM
%s Number of seconds since the epoch
%t Tab character
%w Decimal day of the week (0=Sunday)
%x Same as %D
%y Decimal year on 2 digits
SEE ALSO time(2), ctime(3), readclock(8).
DATE(1)