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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Search and Copy Files Post 302977104 by wbport on Tuesday 12th of July 2016 03:51:23 PM
Old 07-12-2016
Once you get to the directory where there are .log files, you can do
Code:
file=`ls -tl *.log| head -1|sed "s/.* //"`
cp $file copy

That creates a list of all ".log" files, latest first.

The above assumes (probably incorrectly) there are no directories under the one you are currently in. In that case another sed command immediately follow the "ls -tl" command to remove all lines starting with total or the letter d.

A driver script would start the above code starting with "find .. -name '*.log', redirecting its output (full path to each log file). Lines containing "/copy/" would first need to be taken out. A dirname or other utility would be run on the resulting file to leave only the path to each file and it would then be sorted uniquely to provide a list of all directories where the script described in the first paragraph would be run.

Also, the code in the first paragraph should probably start with "cd $1" with each directory where this is to be done since this parameter will be provided by your driver script.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OSF1

log

log(8)							      System Manager's Manual							    log(8)

NAME

       log - Records input and output from a program

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/log <logfile> <command>

OPERANDS

       The file in which to record the interaction being logged.  The command to execute.

DESCRIPTION

       The  log  program  runs <command> and logs the input to and output from <command> to the <logfile> file.  Input and output are logged until
       <command> exits, the log program exits, and the exit status of <command> is returned.

       The log program is used by the system  installation  procedure  and  the  it(8)	command  to  create  the  /var/adm/smlogs/install.log  and
       /var/adm/smlogs/it.log installation log files.

RESTRICTIONS

       Because	the  log  program is used in the installation standalone environment, program size was the greatest concern in its implementation.
       The log program does not search for the PATH variable to locate <command> and error messages are terse.

       The log program causes <command> to take standard input from and write standard output and standard error to  UNIX  pipes.   Some  commands
       will  not  be able to operate in this environment; therefore, it is suggested that you use the script(1) command instead.  UNIX shells will
       not issue prompts when run from log unless the shell is started with an explicit interactive switch (-i for most shells).  For example, log
       foo.tmp /sbin/sh -i

       In the previous example, foo.tmp is the name of <logfile>.

       The  log  program  intercepts  end-of-file (usually Ctrl/d).  Therefore programs which normally receive end-of-file as an exit command must
       exit by some other means.

ERRORS

       Log open error

   Explanation:
       The log program was unable to open <logfile>. Verify that the directory exists and that ownerships and permissions are set correctly.

       Exec Error

   Explanation:
       The log program was unable to execute <command>. Verify that you specified a full pathname for <command> and  that  <command>  is  an  exe-
       cutable file.

       Fork Error

   Explanation:
       The log program was unable to create one of the processes it requires to log data.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: it(8), script(1)

																	    log(8)
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