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# 8  
Old 04-06-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by soleil4716
Most likely, it is looking for a variable named $file_

Try using ${file}_ instead.
I put that in and now get this error

mv: cannot move `./dir/test' to `/archive/.scripts/test_201004': No such file or directory

It is adding the original directory name to the destination location name for some reason on the move and touch
# 9  
Old 04-06-2010
May be you can try something like this:

Code:
for file in /dir/*
 do
           myfile=`basename $file`
           mv ${myfile} /archive/${myfile}_$(date "+%Y%m")
           
           ...
done

# 10  
Old 04-06-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by soleil4716
May be you can try something like this:

Code:
for file in /dir/*
 do
           myfile=`basename $file`
           mv ${myfile} /archive/${myfile}_$(date "+%Y%m")
           
           ...
done

That did the trick!
# 11  
Old 04-06-2010
Glad to be able to help a neighbor!
# 12  
Old 04-07-2010
Ok, I have one last piece that needs to be done.

They now want the month to show as the last month. So, how could I run the date -1 for month.

Got my own solution: date -d 'month ago' "%Y%m"

---------- Post updated at 03:37 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:01 AM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
I think this is what you want:
Code:
# make an archive directory if it is not there

[[ ! -d /directory ]]  && mkdir /directory/completed
cd /directory

for file in *
 do
           [[ -d $file ]] && continue  # skip subdirectories
           scp $file user@host:/
           mv $file /directory/completed/$file_$(date "+%Y%m")
           ssh user@host "touch /$file.done"
 done

If you plan to run this script more than once on a given directory then:
You need to move the files out of /directory and off someplace where the
"for file in *" will not find them.
Jim, what exactly does the [[ -d $file ]] & continue do to skip subdirectories?
Last edited by markdjones82; 04-07-2010 at 03:55 PM..
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