Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Zaxxon,

well Sorry there is only one file tar_config2.sh which contain the configuration details ...below are the details

so if I try your code as guided by you

will it work..?

Yes it will.. Modified input file to while loop ..

Code:

#!/bin/sh
while read DAYS INDIR OUTDIR
do
find $INDIR -type f "!" -mtime $DAYS -exec mv {} $OUTDIR \;
done < tar_config2.sh

@suchitasinha123:

Just to not mess up each post, you do not have to quote every former post. That is not needed as we can see and read them actually and don't need a copy inside your new posts.

Also for code, use code tags, not quotes. Quotes are just for quoting somebody. When you write code, then use code tags like [code] for the beginning and [/code] to end the code, data or logs, thanks.

Also you can try out the code we handed over. You can also just set up some dummy directory with files to test the code, as well as you can add an echo in front of the actual find command, so nothing harmful will happen.

Hi Jayan,

thanks a lot ,well I have a folder named scripts(\home\Administrator\scripts) in which all files(tar_config-file1.sh and main1.sh ) are kept. so now main1.sh wil read the properties from tar_config-file.sh and as per that it will do the logic ...and there is input folder from where the files will be selected and the output folder where the files will be moved

the contents of the tar_config_file1.sh are
*********************************

Code:

10 /home/Administrator/files /home/Administrator/output

the contents of the main1.sh are
******************************

Code:

#!/bin/sh
while read DAYS INDIR OUTDIR
do
find $INDIR -type f "!" -mtime $DAYS -exec mv {} $OUTDIR \;
done </home/Administrator/scripts/tar_config_file1.sh

Now upon executing main1.sh, I get the error that

main1.sh syntax error near unexpected token 'done'.please guide me how to corret this problem

Make sure your script contains only Unix-style end-of-line characters.

Code:

cat -vet main1.sh

You should only see

Code:

#!/bin/sh$
while read DAYS INDIR OUTDIR$
do$
find $INDIR -type f "!" -mtime $DAYS -exec mv {} $OUTDIR \;$

If there are any

Code:

^M

characters in there you will need to remove them by doing

Code:

tr -d '\r' < main1.sh > main1.sh.new
mv main1.sh.new main1.sh