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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Move files from one directory to another based on creation/modification date Post 302662561 by dsfreddie on Tuesday 26th of June 2012 06:07:14 PM
Old 06-26-2012
Thank You Clx Smilie I will try the command & let you know.

Let me explain my 2nd requirement. Lets assume the below,

START_DT=20120609
END_DT = 20120613

The file names in the source directory is as follows,

20120609_Employee.txt
201206011_Employee.txt
201206012_Employee.txt

In this case, i assume that using the command you gave, it will move the above files into the destination directory (provided the above files are created/modified between the above said dates).

Now, i need to create another file (lets say dates.txt) with only the dates in the files we moved. In this case,
Quote:
cat dates.txt
20120609
20120611
20120612
Hope this is clear now.

Thanks Much
Freddie
 

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hpls(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   hpls(1)

NAME
hpls -- list the contents of a directory on an HFS+ volume SYNOPSIS
hpls [options] [hfs-path ...] Description hpls is used to list files and directories on an HFS+ volume. If one or more arguments are given, each file or directory is shown; other- wise, the contents of the current working directory are displayed. Options -1 Each entry appears on a line by itself. This is the default if standard output is not a terminal. -a All entries are shown, including "invisible" files. The default is to omit invisible files. -c Sort and display entries by their creation date, rather than their modification date. -d List directory entries themselves rather than their contents. Normally the contents are shown for named directories on the com- mand-line. -i Show the catalogue ID for each entry. Every file and directory on an HFS+ volume has a unique catalogue ID. -l Display entries in long format. This format shows the entry type ("d" for directory, "f" for file, "F" for locked file), flags ("i" for invisible), type and creator (four-character strings) for files only, size (number of items in a directory or resource and data bytes of a file, respectively), date of last modification (or creation if the -c flag is given), and name. -m Display entries in a continuous format separated by commas. -q Replace special and non-printable characters in displayed filenames with question marks (?). This is the default when standard output is a terminal. -r Sort entries in reverse order before displaying. -s Show the file size for each entry in 1K block units. The size includes blocks used for both data and resource forks. -t Sort and display entries by time. Normally files will be sorted by name. This option uses the last modification date to sort unless -c is also specified. -x Display entries in column format like -C, but sorted horizontally into rows rather than columns. -w width Format output lines suitable for display in the given width. Normally the width will be determined from your terminal, from the environment variable COLUMNS, or from a default value of 80. -C Display entries in column format with entries sorted vertically. This is the default output format when standard output is a terminal. -F Cause certain output filenames to be followed by a single-character flag indicating the nature of the entry; directories are fol- lowed by a slash "/" and executable Macintosh applications are followed by an asterisk "*". -N Cause all filenames to be output verbatim without question-mark substitution. -R For each directory that is encountered in a listing, recursively descend into and display its contents. See also hfsplus(7), hpmount(1), hpcd(1), hppwd(1), hprm(1), hpmkdir(1), hpcopy(1), hpumount(1), hpfsck(1). Author This manual page was written by Jens Schmalzing <jensen@debian.org> for Debian GNU/Linux using the manual page by Klaus Halfmann <half- mann@libra.de> that comes with the source code and documentation from the Tech Info Library. hpls(1)
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