03-04-2005
finding latest file in Unix
Hi,
i want to search a file in the dir , if file exists for todays date print the message that file found or if file does not exist for todays date/ if file not found i want to display message saying that file not found. How to do this.
Thx for your help.
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
dmtxquery extracts information from the XML output from dmtxread for individual or grouped barcode scan results.
PROPERTY
barcode.count count of all barcodes found in image
barcode.N.BPROP print BPROP property of Nth barcode
message.count count of all messages found in image
message.N.MPROP print MPROP property of Nth message
message.N.barcode.count count of all barcodes in Nth message
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message message_number message_position
matrix_size data_codewords error_codewords
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OPTIONS
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ANSI/AIM BC11 ISS
BUGS
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