May be a simple question for experts here....
I need to get the list of files older than 30 days in the current folder. I tried "find", but it searches recursively in all the sub directories.
Can I restrict the recursive search and extract the files only from current directory ? (18 Replies)
i want to make a bash script that searches a specific pattern in files through all subdirectories beneath the current directory..without using the command grep-R
but only the command grep..
e.g
for i in *
do
grep "pattern" $i
.....
...
done
using the character (*) the script... (5 Replies)
Hi
I was wondering why command 2 doesn't work like command 1 below.
1.
find . -exec grep "test" '{}' \; -print
2.
ls -R | grep "test"
I am trying to search "test" from all the files in the current and sub directories. What's wrong with my command 2?
Thanks in advance for your help (4 Replies)
Hi All
I was wondering what is the most efficient way to find files in the current directory(that may contain 100,000's files), that meets a certain specified file type and of a certain age.
I have experimented with the find command in unix but it also searches all sub directories. I have... (2 Replies)
hi all,
here is the description to my problem.
input parameters: $date1 & $date2
based on the range i need to select the archived files from the archived directory and moved them in to working directory.
can u please help me in writing the code to select the multiple files based on the... (3 Replies)
Hi, I have a question, is there any way I can, when i create a directory, put the current date on it so that the directory name will be "name-current date"? just curious (3 Replies)
this is what i have to find the files modified within the past 24 hours
find . -mtime -1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 tar rvf "$archive.tar"
however i need to save/name this archive as the current date (MM-DD,YYYY.tar.gz)
how do i doo this (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I am currently coding for a requirement(LINUX OS) where I am supposed to move a file (Lets Call it Employee.txt) from Directory A to Directory B based on 2 date fields as below,
Date_Current = 20120620
Date_Previous = 20120610
Source Directory : /iis_data/source
Target... (11 Replies)
Hi All,
Really stuck up with a requirement where I need to move a file (Lets say date_Employee.txt--the date will have different date values like 20120612/20120613 etc) from one directory to another based on creation/modification dates.
While visiting couple of posts, i could see we can... (3 Replies)
Hi
I am unable to find files, those are present anywhere in the same directory tree, based on the creation date. I need to find the files with their path, as I need to create them in another location and move them. I need some help with a script that may do the job.
Please help (2 Replies)