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Old 04-17-2012
How to search directory for specific file?

I am new to Unix scripting and would like some help. Here is my scenario:
1) I have a text files that contains two fields: file name and retention period in months:
Code:
File1 36
file2 24
File3 12

2) The directory I am searching contains sequential files.
3) I need to be able to take the file name from step1 and search the directory to find a match on the file name. If a match is found, need to check to find out if the file time stamp is older than the retention period. If it is older, then I will need to delete it.
4) I have this script that I inherited from a person who wrote it. The problem is I am not getting accurate results.

Code:
    #set -xv
    >size
    >files_deletion
    #######searching the file which is present in rule############
    STAT=/prod/STAT/seqfiles
    ###########searching the files falling under retention policy##################
    #rules.txt contains all the file name ,ret period
    cat /test/mkamal/ret/rulesx.txt |while read name ret_period
    do
      period=`echo "30.5 * ${ret_period}"`
      all_files=`find $STAT -name $name -exec ls -l {} \;`
      file=`find $STAT -name $name -mtime +"$period" -exec ls -l {} \;`
      if [ -s ${file} ]
      then
        echo "$all_files,$ret_period">>size
      else
        echo "$file,$ret_period">>size 
        echo "$file $ret_period">>files_deletion
      fi
    done

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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NAME
pescetti -- Pseudo-Duplimate Generator SYNOPSIS
pescetti DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the pescetti command. OPTIONS
Here are a list of the available options and what they do. You must specify exactly one from --demo, --generate or --load. --help Prints the help text --demo Demonstration mode. Generates one hand with permutations and the tutorial for how to use them. --generate=N Generate N random boards --load=boards.txt Load boards+analysis from boards.txt --load-dds=boards.dds Load boards from boards.dds in dds format --load-analysis=tricks.txt Load analysis from tricks.txt --permutations=permutations.txt Generate the permutations and save them to the given file --curtains=curtains.txt Save curtain cards to file curtains.txt --save=boards.txt Save the boards+analysis to boards.txt --save-dds=boards.dds Save the boards to boards.dds in dds format --save-analysis=tricks.txt Save the analysis to tricks.txt --format=html|txt|pdf Set the output mode to the given format --title=title Set the title for the output --output=hands.txt Print the hands to hands.txt, rather than to standard output --stats Generate statistics about the set of boards; included in the hands output --analyze Run the dds analyzer on the boards and print the resulting numberof tricks (warning SLOW) --criteria= A list of criteria to apply to each generated hand to generate specific hand types. The list should be space separated and each item may be suffixed with a colon and a (fractional) probability value which can be used to weight the criteria. E.g. --criteria="weaknt:0.8 strongnt:0.5" Valid criteria are: unbalanced weaknt strongnt twont strongtwo weaktwo three twoclubs 4441 singlesuit twosuits partscore game slam game-invite slam-invite jumpshift jumpfit splinter bacon weird --probability=factor Generate hands matching the criteria with only the given probability. Factor is in the range 0 to 1. On each attempt to generate a board it is rejected if it doesn't match the criteria with the given probability. A factor of about 0.8 gives roughly half matching boards AUTHOR
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