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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Find: missing argument to `-mtime' Post 303042769 by wtolentino on Monday 6th of January 2020 10:59:36 AM
Old 01-06-2020
originally it was written on AIX and is working fine then had to moved the to same script to Linux. basically the goal of the script is to find a file that is days old depending on the parameter.

here is the output using this command sh -xv rmAgingFile.sh file*.log 2
Code:
p1=$1
+ p1=file_1.log
pday=$2
+ pday=file_2.log

vdir=`pwd`
pwd
++ pwd
+ vdir=/sbin/scripts
vhomedir=`pwd`
pwd
++ pwd
+ vhomedir=/sbin/scripts
vctr=0
+ vctr=0

# check for null parameter
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
  echo current directory $vdir
  echo no parameter entered
  echo
else
  #check for directory entry only
  if [ -d $p1 ]; then
    vdir=$p1
    echo current directory $vdir
    cd $vdir
    echo no file parameter entered
    echo
  #check for directory entry and file
  elif [ -f $p1 ]; then
    vdir=`dirname $p1`
    echo current directory $vdir
    cd $vdir

    for f in $1
    do
      vfile=`basename $f`
      #for i in `find $vdir -name "$vfile" -mtime +$pday`
      #ommit the subdirectories in the searcch
      for i in `find . ! -name . -prune -type f -name "$vfile" -daystart -mtime +$pday`
      do
        let vctr=$vctr+1
        vfile=`basename $i`
        echo deleting aging files $vfile
        rm $vfile
      done
    done

    if [ $vctr -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "no aging files found that are $pday days old"
    fi
  else
    echo $p1 not found
  fi
fi
+ '[' 3 -lt 1 ']'
+ '[' -d file_1.log ']'
+ '[' -f file_1.log ']'
dirname $p1
++ dirname file_1.log
+ vdir=.
+ echo current directory .
current directory .
+ cd .
+ for f in '$1'
basename $f
++ basename file_1.log
+ vfile=file_1.log
find . ! -name . -prune -type f -name "$vfile" -daystart -mtime +$pday
++ find . '!' -name . -prune -type f -name file_1.log -daystart -mtime +file_2.log
find: missing argument to `-mtime'
+ '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+ echo 'no aging files found that are file_2.log days old'
no aging files found that are file_2.log days old

#return the cursor to the home directory
cd $vhomedir
+ cd /sbin/scripts

# put a white space
echo
+ echo


thank you.
 

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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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OPTIONS

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	      Deletes a color profile

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	      Add a profile to a device that already exists

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	      Gets the default color profile for a device

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	      Sets the device model

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