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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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
file-roller
file-roller(1) User Commands file-roller(1)NAME
file-roller - create, view, modify, or unpack an archive
SYNOPSIS
file-roller [--add] [--add-to=archive] [--default-dir=folder] [--extract] [--extract-here] [--extract-to=folder] [--force] [gnome-std-
options]
DESCRIPTION
The File Roller application enables you to create, view, modify, or unpack an archive. An archive is a file that acts as a container for
other files. An archive can contain many files, folders, and subfolders, usually in compressed form.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-d, --add Ask for the name of the archive, then add the files, then quit the application.
-a, --add-to=archive Add files to the specified archive, then quit the application.
--default-dir=folder Specify the default folder for the --add and --extract options.
-f, --extract Ask for the name of the destination folder, then extract the files, then quit the application.
-h, --extract-here Extract archives using the archive name as destination folder and quit the program.
-e, --extract-to=folder Extract archives to the specified folder, then quit the application.
--force Create the destination folder without asking for confirmation.
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more infor-
mation.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Unpacking an Archive
example% file-roller --extract archive
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/file-roller Executable for File Roller application.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNW |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
File Roller Manual
ar(1), tar(1), unzip(1), zip(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)NOTES
Written by Laszlo Kovacs, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 08 Nov 2007 file-roller(1)