06-25-2012
Move files from one directory to another based on creation/modification date
Hi All,
Really stuck up with a requirement where I need to move a file (Lets say date_Employee.txt--the date will have different date values like 20120612/20120613 etc) from one directory to another based on creation/modification dates.
While visiting couple of posts, i could see we can find the files between 2 dates like below,
Quote:
touch --date "2012-06-12" /tmp/start
touch --date "2012-06-13" /tmp/end
find /data/images -type f -newer /tmp/start -not -newer /tmp/end
But I am stuck up in the step of moving the file from one to another.
Also, I need to capture the dates from the Employee File(20120612 & 20120613 in the above example) to another text file for further processing of the batch.
Can anybody pls help me with some thoughts on this.
Thanks
Freddie
Last edited by dsfreddie; 06-25-2012 at 01:37 PM..
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calendar
calendar(1) General Commands Manual calendar(1)
Name
calendar - calendar reminder service
Syntax
calendar [-]
Description
The command consults the file `calendar' in the current directory and prints out lines that contain today's or tomorrow's date. The com-
mand recognizes most month-day dates, such as Dec. 7, december 7, 12/7, but it does not recognize dates formatted in the following ways: 7
December or 7/12. If you give the month as * with a date, such as, * 1, that day in any month will do. On weekends, specifying tomorrow
extends through Monday.
When an argument is present, the command searches through a user's calendar file in his login directory and sends him any positive results
by Normally this is done daily under control of
The calendar file is first run through the C preprocessor, to include any other calendar files specified with the #include syntax.
Included calendars are shared by all users, and are maintained and documented by the local administration.
Options
- Functions for every user who has a calendar file in his login directory.
Restrictions
The extended idea of tomorrow does not account for holidays.
Files
calendar
/usr/lib/calendar to figure out today's and tomorrow's dates
/etc/passwd
/tmp/cal*
/lib/cpp, egrep, sed, mail as subprocesses
See Also
at(1), cron(8), mail(1)
calendar(1)