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Archive shell script

Hi,

I'm new to Unix shell scripting and my first task is proving to be tricky.
Please help where you can with pointers, tips, or examples of script.
I'm self learning from the internet.

I need to archive off files to another write protected directory according to the file names.
ex. directory -
Code:
GR1234-A.JPG
GR1234-A.TXT
GR1234-B.JPG
GR1234-B-TXT
GR1234-C.JPG
GR1234-C.TXT
GR1234-D.JPG
GR1234-D.TXT
GR2222-A.JPG
GR2222-A.TXT
GR2222-B.JPG
GR2222-B-TXT
GR1234-C.JPG
GR1234-C.TXT

I need to move the earlier alphabeticly indexed files (in bold), keeping only the last 2 versions. The directory contains many thousand of files all indexed A thru Z with different file extensions.

Thanks for any support,
Gorses

Last edited by radoulov; 07-09-2010 at 09:34 AM.. Reason: Added code tags!
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