03-09-2005
I came across examples of using the find command in the thread
https://www.unix.com/unix-for-dummies-questions-and-answers/15222-ls-help.html?s=. It looks like probably some variation of a find / -mtime -63 will be included in the command. But how do I concatenate the mv command with the find? I tried searching for "concatenate commands" and "combine commands" in the forum but didn't come up with something that will assist me in this regard. Is there some sort of syntax that's to be followed when telling UNIX to move files that are older than x days old, in the above-example, 63 days old?
--- Edit ---
I tried executing mv * /DestinationDirectory/ | find / -mtime -63 but it started to go through the entire mount or something. I saw directories UNIX was checking that I didn't even want it to go through.
I was in the directory that I wanted to move the files for that were older than sixty days when I typed pwd to make sure I was in the right location.
Last edited by HLee1981; 03-09-2005 at 11:30 PM..
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crontab
crontab(5) File Formats Manual crontab(5)
Name
crontab - clock daemon table file
Syntax
/usr/lib/crontab
Description
The command executes at specified dates and times according to the instructions in the file. The file consists of lines with six fields
each. The format for a line is as follows:
minute hour day month weekday command
The following list defines each field in the line:
minute (0-59) The exact minute that the command sequence executes.
hour (0-23) The hour of the day that the command sequence executes.
day (1-31) The day of the month that the command sequence executes.
month (1-12) The month of the year that the command sequence executes.
weekday (1-7) The day of the week that the command sequence executes. Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, and so forth.
command The complete command sequence variable that is to be executed. Note that the command string must conform to Bourne shell
syntax.
The first five integer fields may be specified as follows:
o A single number in the specified range
o Two numbers separated by a minus, meaning a range inclusive
o A list of numbers separated by commas, meaning any of the numbers
o An asterisk meaning all legal values
The sixth field is a string that is executed by the shell at the specified times. A percent sign (%) in this field is translated to a new-
line character. Only the first line of the command field, up to a percent sign (%) or end of line, is executed by the shell. The other
lines are made available to the command as standard input.
Examples
The following example is part of a file:
# periodic things
0,15,30,45 * * * * (echo '^M' `date`; echo '') >/dev/console
0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/lib/atrun
# daily stuff
5 4 * * * sh /usr/adm/newsyslog
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35 4 * * * find /usr/spool/mqueue -type f -mtime +5 -name tf-exec rm {} ;
40 4 * * * find /usr/spool/rwho -type f -mtime +21 -exec rm {} ;
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