Assuming the file list is in a file already. (You could pipe the ls directly to the rest of the commands, if you were so inclined.)
Now, try out the following command:
You can append to this a head -1 to get the top line.
You can also do a cut -d"|" -f2 to get the filename back for the oldest entry.
If this works, then the rest of the logic will flow much smoother.
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 all,
I am a newbie to scripting and I need your help regarding finding the oldest file in a particular directory. My intention is to remove that oldest file.
Are there any options available with the "find" command to do this..
Thanks in advance for your help
Pavan (4 Replies)
I am trying to determine the oldest and most recent files in a huge directory. I am using an ls -tr statement outside my find statement. The directory is too big and I am getting an "arg list too long" error. Is there something I can put in my find statement that doesn't create a list to... (2 Replies)
Hi ,
Please help with the following questions
1) how can i find size of a file ? i have written du -k $flname > s1 . Is this right ?
Any other better suggeastions ?
2) how do I use mv command for moving the file ? I need the syntax with some examples
3) Command for printing the total... (1 Reply)
I'm still up trying to figure this out and it is driving me nuts.
I have a log file which has a basic format of this...
2010-10-10 22:25:42
Init block 'UA Deployment Date': Dynamic refresh of repository scope variables has failed.
The ODBC function has returned an error. The database... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I have lots of sequentially numbered files which make up an image sequence.
I'm trying to do two things with it:
#1: Find gaps in the sequence and move each range of sequencial files into their own subfolder.
#2: Designate a starting point (file) and move every 24th file into... (4 Replies)
Hi
I have some files in directory and the names of files are like
jnhld_15233_2010-11-23
jnhld_15233_2007-10-01
jnhld_15233_2001-05-04
jnhld_15233_2011-11-11
jnhld_15233_2005-06-07
jnhld_15233_2000-04-01
..etc
How can i sort these files based on the date in the file name so that ... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have two types of file names
filename1_12345 or filename1-12345 at the same time I have second type
filename2-12345 in a txt file.
I am trying to write awk script that will sort these names with below pattern
ALL file names like
filename1_12345 and filename1-12345 will go to... (1 Reply)
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)
I have a dilemma, we have users who are copying files to "directory 1." These images have file names which include the year it was taken. I need to put together a script to do the following:
Examine the file naming convention, ensuring it's the proper format (e.g. test-1983_filename-123.tif)... (8 Replies)
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stag-parse
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stag-parse - parses a file and fires events (e.g. sxpr to xml)
SYNOPSIS
# convert XML to IText
stag-parse -p xml -w itext file1.xml file2.xml
# use a custom parser/generator and a custom writer/generator
stag-parse -p MyMod::MyParser -w MyMod::MyWriter file.txt
DESCRIPTION
script wrapper for the Data::Stag modules
feeds in files into a parser object that generates nestarray events, and feeds the events into a handler/writer class
ARGUMENTS
-p|parser FORMAT
FORMAT is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module
this is the class that parsers the input file(s) and generates stag events
xml assumed as default
-w|writer FORMAT
FORMAT is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module
this is the class that catches the events thrown by the parser; it can be any class, but the class is typically a writer
xml assumed as default
-o|out FILE
the writer will use this file (defaults to STDOUT)
-e|errf FILE
file to store parse error handler output
-errhandler FORMAT/MODULE
FORMAT is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module
all parse error events go to this module
-r|root NODE_NAME
if this is specified, NODE_NAME becomes the root of the stag tree, and anything that was previously the root is placed below this.
this happens automatically if more than one file is parsed (because there can only be one tree root)
-color
Works only if the output handler is able to provide ASCII-colors (currently supported for itext and xml)
SEE ALSO
Data::Stag
This script is a wrapper for the method
Data::Stag->parse()
perl v5.10.0 2008-12-23 STAG-PARSE(1p)