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# 8  
Old 07-17-2009
Try first using find to cut the list down to the last 24 hours which cleverly avoids dealing with files over one year old (different ls format), then check the file timestamp against today's date.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
TODAY="`date +'%b %e'"  # e.g. "Feb  3"
find `pwd` -type f -mtime -1 -print | while read FILENAME
do
        FOUND=""
        FOUND=`ls -lad "${FILENAME}"|grep "${TODAY}"|wc -l`
        if [ ${FOUND} -eq 1 ]
        then
                echo "${FILENAME}"
        fi
done

# 9  
Old 07-17-2009
Try this:

Code:
todays=$(date '+ %b %d ') 
ls -altr | egrep "$todays"

Or if you want from subdir files also, try this:
Code:
      ls -altr $(find . -name "sese*" -type f -ctime 0)

One problem with this is, if no files are found per my template ("sese*") then it will list all files.
It is equal to giving the 'ls -altr' command. To over come that try this:
Code:
   ls -altr $(find . -name "sese*" -type f -ctime 0 && echo "Error")

Output result:
ls: Error: not found
Last edited by edidataguy; 07-19-2009 at 02:31 AM.. Reason: Reformatted
# 10  
Old 07-17-2009
The following should do the trick:
Code:
find . -name "esi01v*" -type f -daystart -mtime 0

# 11  
Old 07-17-2009
Hi tkleczek,

encountered the following error :

(hello): find . -name "esi01v*" -type f -daystart -mtime 0
find: bad option -daystart
find: path-list predicate-list

Hi edidataguy & methyl,

thanks for the codes, its working fine but i need a command line.
# 12  
Old 07-17-2009
I use an alias "today":

today: aliased to find . -daystart -mtime 0

today | grep esi01v

or

find . -daystart -mtime 0 -name "esi01v*"

should get you there

mbs
# 13  
Old 07-17-2009
Hi mbs,

same error ...bad option -daystart...
# 14  
Old 07-17-2009
Both of the below lines are single liners:
Code:
ls -altr "esi01v*" | egrep "$(date '+ %b %d ')"
ls -altr $(find . -name "esi01v*" -type f -ctime 0 && echo "Error")

--- I know it is a bit late response, but the " needs to be removed and -altr should be -ltr.
Code:
ls -ltr esi01v* | egrep "$(date '+ %b %d ')"

Last edited by edidataguy; 07-20-2009 at 11:54 PM.. Reason: Fixed the error
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