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Old 02-26-2010
Need to move a file based on size
Hi All,

I have some files in a directory. If the file size is 0 i want to move the file to new directory using unix script. Can anyone help me in this regard

Thanks
Vinny
# 2  
Old 02-26-2010
Try:

Code:
find . -type f -size 0 -exec mv {} new_dir/  \;

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Old 02-26-2010
My directory structure is like this /home/ww/w1/lo/reports

I want to check all files in this directory and if the size of the file is greater than 0 then i would like to move those files to

/home/ww/w1/lo/newd -this new directory
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Old 02-26-2010
Code:
find /home/ww/w1/lo/reports -type f -depth 1 -size +0c -a -print | xargs -I{} mv {} /home/ww/w1/lo/newd

(remove -depth 1 to recursively copy everything into /home/ww/w1/lo/newd. If you want to maintain the structure under newd, then you're better off using a loop)
Last edited by Scott; 02-26-2010 at 03:44 PM.. Reason: Changed cp to mv... you did save move files!
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Old 02-26-2010
A find-less option for the non-recursive case, run from /home/ww/w1/lo/reports :

Code:
for f in *; do [ -f "$f" ] && [ -s "$f" ] && mv "$f" /home/ww/w1/lo/newd; done

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