Please tell us what UNIX you are using and what shell. In this case it makes a big difference. Linux has better date/time tools than Solaris for example. So the answer to your question will be different for different OS/shell.
Using AIX and KSH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
For just the time check, try
For the youngest file's time stamp, your attempt should work.
Hi Rudi,
Can you help me with the complete script, I didn't get your solution.
I need to write a script to find files older than 2 hours in set of direcotries and list them ina mail. I know find command ti list files greater/lesser than days but i need to do it for hours. Any input. (6 Replies)
shell script to send email with usage of space in the directory as description :
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I Need help for one requirement,
I want to move the latest/Older file in the folder to another file. File have the datetimestamp in postfix.
Example:
Source Directory : \a
destination Directory : \a\b
File1 : xy_MMDDYYYYHHMM.txt (xy_032120101456.txt)
File2: xy_MMDDYYYYHHMM.txt... (1 Reply)
Hi ,
I am new to shell scripting. i have a requirement say i will receive a file in a directory say /xyz.if that file stays in that directory more than 30 min i need to get a mail to my outlook.this should run for every 20 min in crontab.
can anyone help me? (8 Replies)
Hello ,
I am trying to write a unix shell script to compare folder permission to say drwxr-x-wx and then send an email to my id in case the folders don't have the drwxr-x-wx permissions set for them .
I have been trying to come up with a script for few days now , pls help me:( (2 Replies)
Hello ALL,
need a BASH script who find file and send email with attachment.
I have 50 folders without sub directories in each generated files of different sizes but with a similar name Rp01.txt Rp02.txt Rp03.txt ...etc. Each directors bound by mail group, I need a script that goes as... (1 Reply)
Hello All,
I have need as below:
1--> I need to get all users(who submit jobs) and their details by using below command:
qstat -u \*
output of the above command looks line below:
job-ID prior name user-id state "submit/start at" queue jclass slots ja-task-ID... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
I have the below code(.sh) and need to send an email.
#!/bin/bash
cp /u02/xxc_incoming/TEST*.dat /u02/xxc_archive_incoming/AMER7764_ARPP_2/
cat /u02/xxc_incoming/TEST*.dat > /u02/xxc_incoming/XXC_TEST.dat
rm /u02/xxc_incoming/TEST*.dat
cd $XXC_TOP/bin
sqlldr userid=apps/<pwd> ... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: Mist123
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LEARN ABOUT POSIX
escape
escape(1) Mail Avenger 0.8.3 escape(1)NAME
escape - escape shell special characters in a string
SYNOPSIS
escape string
DESCRIPTION
escape prepends a "" character to all shell special characters in string, making it safe to compose a shell command with the result.
EXAMPLES
The following is a contrived example showing how one can unintentionally end up executing the contents of a string:
$ var='; echo gotcha!'
$ eval echo hi $var
hi
gotcha!
$
Using escape, one can avoid executing the contents of $var:
$ eval echo hi `escape "$var"`
hi ; echo gotcha!
$
A less contrived example is passing arguments to Mail Avenger bodytest commands containing possibly unsafe environment variables. For
example, you might write a hypothetical reject_bcc script to reject mail not explicitly addressed to the recipient:
#!/bin/sh
formail -x to -x cc -x resent-to -x resent-cc
| fgrep "$1" > /dev/null
&& exit 0
echo "<$1>.. address does not accept blind carbon copies"
exit 100
To invoke this script, passing it the recipient address as an argument, you would need to put the following in your Mail Avenger rcpt
script:
bodytest reject_bcc `escape "$RECIPIENT"`
SEE ALSO avenger(1),
The Mail Avenger home page: <http://www.mailavenger.org/>.
BUGS
escape is designed for the Bourne shell, which is what Mail Avenger scripts use. escape might or might not work with other shells.
AUTHOR
David Mazieres
Mail Avenger 0.8.3 2012-04-05 escape(1)