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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Move folders containing certain files Post 302289987 by xavix on Saturday 21st of February 2009 05:43:07 AM
Old 02-21-2009
Finally I made this:

<
for SUBFOLDER in `(find $SOURCE -type f -mtime -10 | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "/" } ; { print $7 }')`;
do
mkdir -p $DEST/$SUBFOLDER;
done
for SUBFOLDER in `(find $SOURCE -type f -mtime -10 | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "/" } ; { print $7 }')`;
do
mv $SOURCE/$SUBFOLDER $DEST/$SUBFOLDER;
done
>

And this works for my $SOURCE path. Changing this path requires to adjust the awk column prints accordingly.
 

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INSTALL(1)							   User Commands							INSTALL(1)

NAME

       install - copy files and set attributes

SYNOPSIS

       install [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
       install [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
       install [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
       install [OPTION]... -d DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION

       In  the	first  three  forms,  copy  SOURCE  to	DEST  or  multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and
       owner/group.  In the 4th form, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       --backup[=CONTROL]
	      make a backup of each existing destination file

       -b     like --backup but does not accept an argument

       -c     (ignored)

       -d, --directory
	      treat all arguments as directory names; create all components of the specified directories

       -D     create all leading components of DEST except the last, then copy SOURCE to DEST

       -g, --group=GROUP
	      set group ownership, instead of process' current group

       -m, --mode=MODE
	      set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x

       -o, --owner=OWNER
	      set ownership (super-user only)

       -p, --preserve-timestamps
	      apply access/modification times of SOURCE files to corresponding destination files

       -s, --strip
	      strip symbol tables

       -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix

       -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY
	      copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY

       -T, --no-target-directory
	      treat DEST as a normal file

       -v, --verbose
	      print the name of each directory as it is created

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.  The version control method may be selected	via  the  --backup
       option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

       none, off
	      never make backups (even if --backup is given)

       numbered, t
	      make numbered backups

       existing, nil
	      numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

       simple, never
	      always make simple backups

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This   is   free   software.    You   may   redistribute   copies   of	it   under   the   terms   of	the  GNU  General  Public  License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.	There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for install is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and install programs	are  properly  installed  at  your
       site, the command

	      info install

       should give you access to the complete manual.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE	 |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWgnu-coreutils  |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |Interface Stability | Uncommitted	 |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
NOTES

       Source for GNU coreutils is available on http://opensolaris.org.

install 6.7							   December 2006							INSTALL(1)
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