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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Keeping oldest backup files? Post 302826837 by Calab on Thursday 27th of June 2013 11:54:01 AM
Old 06-27-2013
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Originally Posted by mritusmoi
try the best possible usage of find command. It will be the best possible help for u..
Thanks. I'll start scouring the man page now.

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Originally Posted by RudiC
In here, certainly nobody will "put together for you" a script. Search these fora (this topic has been covered umpteen times), put sth together yourself, and we'll be glad to help debug/improve.
I don't expect anyone to write a complete script for me. I can get the logic down for what I need, and cobble something together. I'm just hoping to get some pointers on what commands would be best to accomplish this task.
 

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ppmtopgm(1)						      General Commands Manual						       ppmtopgm(1)

NAME
ppmtopgm - convert a portable pixmap into a portable graymap SYNOPSIS
ppmtopgm [ppmfile] DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces a portable graymap as output. The output is a "black and white" rendering of the original image, as in a black and white photograph. The quantization formula used is .299 r + .587 g + .114 b. Note that although there is a pgmtoppm program, it is not necessary for simple conversions from pgm to ppm , because any ppm program can read pgm (and pbm ) files automatically. pgmtoppm is for colorizing a pgm file. Also, see ppmtorgb3 for a different way of converting color to gray. And ppmdist generates a grayscale image from a color image, but in a way that makes it easy to differentiate the original colors, not necessarily a way that looks like a black and white photograph. QUOTE
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colors from our sight Red is gray, and yellow white But we decide which is right And which is a quantization error. SEE ALSO
pgmtoppm(1),ppmtorgb3(1),rgb3toppm(1),ppmdist(1),ppm(5),pgm(5) AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer. 10 April 2000 ppmtopgm(1)
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