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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Move files based on date in filename Post 302432610 by dr.house on Friday 25th of June 2010 01:17:20 PM
Old 06-25-2010
How about ...

Code:
#!/bin/bash

for FILE in $( ls db2diag*.log )
do
  FOLDER=$( echo $FILE | awk -F '-' '{print $2"_"$3}' )
  if [ ! -d $FOLDER ]
  then
    mkdir -v $FOLDER
  fi
  mv -v $FILE $FOLDER
done

exit 0
# finis

Code:
[house@leonov] ls db*
db2diag-2010-04-09-06.04.01.log  
db2diag-2010-04-10-06.04.01.log  
db2diag-2010-05-10-06.04.01.log
[house@leonov] bash code.bash
mkdir: created directory `2010_04'
`db2diag-2010-04-09-06.04.01.log' -> `2010_04/db2diag-2010-04-09-06.04.01.log'
`db2diag-2010-04-10-06.04.01.log' -> `2010_04/db2diag-2010-04-10-06.04.01.log'
mkdir: created directory `2010_05'
`db2diag-2010-05-10-06.04.01.log' -> `2010_05/db2diag-2010-05-10-06.04.01.log'
[house@leonov] lr 2010*
2010_04:
db2diag-2010-04-09-06.04.01.log
db2diag-2010-04-10-06.04.01.log
2010_05:
db2diag-2010-05-10-06.04.01.log

 

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BLAZE-LOG(1)						    BlazeBlogger Documentation						      BLAZE-LOG(1)

NAME

       blaze-log - displays the BlazeBlogger repository log

SYNOPSIS

       blaze-log [-cqrsCV] [-b directory] [-n number]

       blaze-log -h|-v

DESCRIPTION

       blaze-log displays the content of the BlazeBlogger repository log.

OPTIONS

       -b directory, --blogdir directory
	   Allows you to specify a directory in which the BlazeBlogger repository is placed. The default option is a current working directory.

       -n number, --number number
	   Allows you to specify a number of log entries to be listed.

       -s, --short
	   Tells blaze-log to display each log entry on a single line.

       -r, --reverse
	   Tells blaze-log to display log entries in reverse order.

       -c, --color
	   Enables colored output. When supplied, this option overrides the relevant configuration option.

       -C, --no-color
	   Disables colored output. When supplied, this option overrides the relevant configuration option.

       -q, --quiet
	   Disables displaying of unnecessary messages.

       -V, --verbose
	   Enables displaying of all messages. This is the default option.

       -h, --help
	   Displays usage information and exits.

       -v, --version
	   Displays version information and exits.

FILES

       .blaze/log
	   A file containing the repository log.

EXAMPLE USAGE

       List the whole repository history:

	 ~]$ blaze-log
	 Date: Sun Jul 25 16:48:22 2010

	     Edited the page with ID 5.

	 Date: Tue Jul	6 18:54:59 2010

	     Edited the page with ID 5.

	 etc.

       List the whole repository history in reverse order:

	 ~]$ blaze-log -r
	 Date: Tue Feb 10 00:40:16 2009

	     Created/recovered a BlazeBlogger repository.

	 Date: Tue Feb 10 01:06:44 2009

	     Added the page with ID 1.

	 etc.

       Display the very first log entry on a single line:

	 ~]$ blaze-log -rs -n 1
	 Tue Feb 10 00:40:16 2009 - Created/recovered a BlazeBlogger repository.

SEE ALSO

       blaze-init(1), blaze-config(1)

BUGS

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