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# 8  
Old 12-03-2009
no..it can vary..so tell me exactly what do i do?? I have just started using bash so dont know much about the different commands..
# 9  
Old 12-03-2009
Java
example
Code:
for FILE in * # or *.txt or whatever you want
do
    DATE=$(echo $FILE | grep '[0-3][0-9][A-Z][a-z][a-z][1-2][0-9][0-9[0-9]'
    if date -d $DATE
    then
        echo $FILE
    fi
done

# 10  
Old 12-03-2009
yeah..this one helps and the other one also posted by some one other than frans..thanx people..!!!
# 11  
Old 12-03-2009
This works in the korn shell: -
Code:
ls [a-z]*_[0-9][0-9][A-Z][a-z][a-z][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].txt
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