02-05-2013
Assistance for sorting files
Hi there,
I have tried using the "find" command to do this but to no avail as the "find -mtime" command I used descend to the directories from my current working directory.
Say in "directoryA" has multiple files and those files are created on a daily basis.
Under "directoryB", there are individual directories labelled 01, 02, 03 ....... 31.
What I am trying to achieve here is a BASH script that will perform a loop in "directoryA" sorting those 30 individual files based on modified date and then move those files into their respective directories under "directoryB". For instance, a file named "a1.txt" in "directoryA" that was created on the 1st of Jan is to be moved to the "01" directory under "directoryB".
Any help would be much appreciated.
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cp(1) General Commands Manual cp(1)
Name
cp - copy file data
Syntax
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] file1 file2
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] file... directory
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] directory... directory
Description
The command copies file1 onto file2. The mode and owner of file2 are preserved if it already existed; the mode of file1 is used otherwise.
Note that the command will not copy a file onto itself.
In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory with their original file names.
In the third form, one or more source directories are copied into the destination directory with their original file names.
Options
-f Forces existing destination pathnames to be removed before copying, without prompting for confirmation. The -i option is ignored if
the -f option is specified.
-i Prompts user with the name of file whenever the copy will cause an old file to be overwritten. A yes answer will cause to continue.
Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file.
-p Preserves (duplicates) in the copies the modification time, access time, file mode, user ID, and group ID as allowed by the permis-
sions of the source files, ignoring the present umask.
-r Copies directories. Entire directory trees, including their subtrees and the individual files they contain, are copied to the speci-
fied destination directory. The directory, its subtrees, and the individual files retain their original names. For example, to copy
the directory including all of its subtrees and files, into the directory enter the following command:
cp -r reports news
See Also
cat(1), pr(1), mv(1)
cp(1)