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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Pick the latest set of files Post 302283571 by w020637 on Tuesday 3rd of February 2009 02:31:06 PM
Old 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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