02-03-2009
Pick the latest set of files
I have task in which I need to pickup a set of files from a directory
depending on the following criteria:
Every month 6 files are expected to arrive at /test.
The files come with date timestamp and the latest file set for the month needs to be used
Suppose this is the set of files that present in the test directory
1. a_20080905_214058_200808.txt
2. b_20080905_214058_200808.txt
3. c_20080905_214058_200808.txt
4. d_20080905_214058_200808.txt
5. e_20080905_214058_200808.txt
6. f_20080905_214058_200808.txt
7. a_20080906_214058_200809.txt
8. b_20080906_214058_200809.txt
9. c_20080906_214058_200809.txt
10. d_20080906_214058_200809.txt
11. e_20080906_214058_200809.txt
12. f_20080906_214058_200809.txt
13. d_20080906_114058_200809.txt
14. e_20080906_114058_200809.txt
15. f_20080906_114058_200809.txt
Then
7. a_20080906_214058_200809.txt
8. b_20080906_214058_200809.txt
9. c_20080906_214058_200809.txt
10. d_20080906_214058_200809.txt
11. e_20080906_214058_200809.txt
12. f_20080906_214058_200809.txt files should be picked up.
Criteria 200809 is the latest month 20080906 is the latest date and 214058 is the latest date.
Thanks in Advance
Last edited by w020637; 02-03-2009 at 03:51 PM..
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xclip-copyfile
XCLIP-COPYFILE(1) General Commands Manual XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)
NAME
xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile - copy and move files via the X clipboard
SYNOPSIS
xclip-copyfile [-p] FILES...
xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES...
xclip-pastefile
DESCRIPTION
xclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories.
xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards.
-p preserve path formation
xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard
EXAMPLES
Copying a file to a remote host
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile file1
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
file1
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ cat file1
A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se
Copying an entire tree structure
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-copyfile doc
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
doc/
doc/letter-mom-april.txt
doc/file1
doc/letter-dad-march.txt
Copying files with preserved path information
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile -p /etc/sysconfig/grub
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
[sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
etc/sysconfig/grub
[sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ ls etc/sysconfig/grub
etc/sysconfig/grub
Moving files
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
letter-brother-may.txt
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-cutfile letter-brother-may.txt
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
ls: cannot access letter-brother-may.txt: No such file or directory
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ cd doc
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
letter-brother-may.txt
AUTHORS
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XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)