find /logdir -type f -name '*.log' -print | while read FILE ; do
BASENAME=`basename ${FILE} '.log'`
cp ${FILE} /archive/${BASENAME}-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.log
cat > ${FILE} << EOF
EOF # Not indenting this line is intentional
done
I have few webservers logs like access.log. which would be growing everyday.
what i do everyday is, take the backup of access.log as access.log_(currentdate) and nullify the access.log.
So thought of writing a script... but stuck up in middle.
My requirement: to take the backup and nullify... (6 Replies)
Hi all,
i'm new here in this forum. I really like the helpful answers in this forum.
Here a short question.
For a script i have to sort files by date and exclude the files of the actual date.
Sorting the files by date and preparing the output for awk is done by this line:
ls -l... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am new to scripting and am looking for some assistance setting up a script. Basically I need the script to scan a folder for the newest files and make a copy of those files, adding a month to the date stamp. I also need this script to delete the previously copied files to save space.... (4 Replies)
I need to copy files from a directory that has a lot of files in it. However I only want to copy them from a certain date. My thoughts so far are to use ls -l and to pipe this into awk and print out tokens 6 (month)and 7 (day).
$ ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 prodqual tst 681883 Jun 12... (2 Replies)
I was wondering the best way about finding files that were created today and copy them to a directory (grep ?). There can be multiple files for todays date or none. I am looking to copy all of the .lis files for todays date. I may need to modify the filename to include todays date but for the... (4 Replies)
I want to move all files from one directory to another directory excluding today (sysdate files) on daily basis.
file name is in pattern file_2013031801, file_2013031802 etc (2 Replies)
Hi,
i want to make script. In a directory everyday( exclude sat and sun) in between 10 pm to 1 am there are 2 files comes and when file comes it will mail us. Format for files is mentioned below.
please help me on making this, and also have year end consider and if files come after 12 am it... (6 Replies)
Hi Team,
I'm new to unix and i have a requirement to copy or move files from one directory to another based on current date mentioned in the .zip file name. Note that i need to copy only the recent zip file. please help me with the code
i tried the code as:
#! /usr/bin/sh
find... (3 Replies)
Hi Community!
Following on from this code in another thread:
#!/bin/bash
file_string=`/bin/cat date.txt | /usr/bin/awk '{print $5,$4,$7,$6,$8}'`
file_date=`/bin/date -d "$file_string"`
file_epoch=`/bin/date -d "$file_string" +%s`
now_epoch=`/bin/date +%s`
if
then
#let... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
basename
BASENAME(1) User Commands BASENAME(1)NAME
basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
SYNOPSIS
basename NAME [SUFFIX]
basename OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
basename /usr/bin/sort
Output "sort".
basename include/stdio.h .h
Output "stdio".
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report basename bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO dirname(1), readlink(1)
The full documentation for basename is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and basename programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info coreutils 'basename invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 BASENAME(1)