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Old 08-12-2011
MySQL Delete the files by exact date

we have files created by Aug12 and Feb 23 and Mar10
i want to delete the files which has created on Mar 10

Kindly let me know the script to delete the files which is created by Mar 10
# 2  
Old 08-12-2011
itkamaraj's solution is right, mine was wrong

Last edited by yazu; 08-12-2011 at 05:34 AM.. Reason: Deleted
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Old 08-12-2011
Code:
ls -l | grep "Mar 10" | while read line; do fileName=$(echo $line | awk '{print $NF}'); echo "rm $fileName"; done

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Old 08-29-2011
It did not work for me in AIX.
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Old 08-29-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by itkamaraj
Code:
ls -l | grep "Mar 10" | while read line; do fileName=$(echo $line | awk '{print $NF}'); echo "rm $fileName"; done

Selecting "Mar 10" only, will display files for different years.

The following will make sure the year, month and day are considered:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
touch -t 201103100000 File_From
touch -t 201103102359 File_To
for mFName in *; do
  if [[ ${mFName} -nt File_From && $mFName -ot File_To ]]; then
    echo "Now removing <${mFName}>"
    rm ${mFName}
  fi
done

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