find does not "find" non-existent files, so having find test to see if a file exists is, well, a waste to put a happy face on it.
Also -mtime 4 means the file is precisely (86400 * 4) old. The result of running this changes with every second that passes between runs. I suspect you want 4 day old files,
from midnight to midnight.
So, today is 201207090000 is the date format that touch uses.
4 days ago is encompassed by: 201207050000 201207052359
Hi,
My requirement was to check the existence of a file having a specified pattern.The way i tried to achieve this was
if ; then
echo "File found"
fi
an example file having this pattern was 'ilvs_trace01.0124'.
it will vary... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to check for the existence of a file using the 'test' and the file existence options.
When trying to check for a file with a space in between e.g 'Team List', it gives the following error.
learn1: line 3: test: `Team: binary operator expected
I am pasting my code below as... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a requirement where in i need to check for existence of a file and later execute some pmcmd commands related to informatica. I tried many ways but was unsuccessful could you please throw some light. Below are the sample codes i wrote.
Example 1:
#!/bin/ksh... (4 Replies)
I want to check the files in particular directory are more that 0 Bytes i.e, Non zero byte file. The script should print a msg if all the files in that directory are empty( 0 Byte). (2 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to check the existence of a file, from a list of possible filenames:
status-A
status-B
status-C
before retrieving the last modified datetime using ls, I want to check it exists or ls will throw an error.
So I have tried this:
if ; then
ls status-*
fi
But the if... (3 Replies)
Hi
Can any body say me the reason for below error
ssh -o 'StrictHostKeyChecking no' user@client ' && print "1"'
I am getting error as "Missing ]":wall: (6 Replies)
Hi,
I need to check whether a particular file exists ot not using awk.
Can anyone help me please?
For Example:script that i am using:
awk '{filename =$NF;
rc=(system("test -r filename")) print $rc;}' "$1"
is not working.
Here I am passing a text file as input whose last word contains a... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I have written a script to validate the data file by referreing to the configurtion file. And moving the validated good records and bad records into HDFS.
Suppose after 15 mins if i receive one more data fie,then after validation the good and bad records shold be stored in hadoop with the... (8 Replies)
Hello,
I have a directory where sometimes appear a certain file name - and I'd like to be notified by email when that happens... so what command or script I may use?
e.g. if there's a file named "adam" in the directory named "dir1" then send a mail to "abc@abc.com".. it needs to permanently... (5 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
find
FIND(1) General Commands Manual FIND(1)NAME
find - find files meeting a given condition
SYNOPSIS
find directory expression
EXAMPLES
find / -name a.out -print
# Print all a.out paths
find /usr/ast ! -newer f -ok rm {} ;
# Ask before removing
find /usr -size +20 -exec mv {} /big ;
# move files > 20 blks
find / -name a.out -o -name '*.o' -exec rm {};
# 2 conds
DESCRIPTION
Find descends the file tree starting at the given directory checking each file in that directory and its subdirectories against a predi-
cate. If the predicate is true, an action is taken. The predicates may be connected by -a (Boolean and), -o (Boolean or) and ! (Boolean
negation). Each predicate is true under the conditions specified below. The integer n may also be +n to mean any value greater than n, -n
to mean any value less than n, or just n for exactly n.
-name s true if current filename is s (include shell wild cards)
-size n true if file size is n blocks
-inum n true if the current file's i-node number is n
-mtime ntrue if modification time relative to today (in days) is n
-links ntrue if the number of links to the file is n
-newer ftrue if the file is newer than f
-perm n true if the file's permission bits = n (n is in octal)
-user u true if the uid = u (a numerical value, not a login name)
-group gtrue if the gid = g (a numerical value, not a group name)
-type x where x is bcdfug (block, char, dir, regular file, setuid, setgid)
-xdev do not cross devices to search mounted file systems
Following the expression can be one of the following, telling what to do when a file is found:
-print print the file name on standard output
-exec execute a MINIX command, {} stands for the file name
-ok prompts before executing the command
SEE ALSO test(1), xargs(1).
FIND(1)