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Old 12-01-2011
Finding files before a certain date with predefined format
Guys,

I have an input file such as below

Quote:
60107110453| 2011-11-28 17:21:09
60107127568| 2011-11-27 23:59:59
60107012278| 2011-11-23 23:59:59
60127352840| 2011-11-24 23:59:59
60147017527| 2011-11-25 18:02:24
60129913070| 2011-11-24 23:59:59
60173205850| 2011-11-25 17:46:37
60173189153| 2011-11-28 09:53:35
60147850001| 2011-05-05 06:10:19
60147850379| 2011-01-12 16:00:27
60147850484| 2011-01-09 19:56:42
60147850794| 2010-11-23 23:59:59
60147851002| 2010-11-01 23:59:59
60147851046| 2010-11-19 23:59:59
60147851070| 2010-08-31 23:59:59
60147851923| 2010-10-09 23:59:59
I would like to know how i would be able to find items created before 2011-10-01

Appreciate any expert advice. Thanks.
# 2  
Old 12-02-2011
Code:
# while read x; do [ `echo $x | sed 's/-//g' | awk '{print $2}'` -lt 20111001 ] && echo $x; done < inputfile
60147850001| 2011-05-05 06:10:19
60147850379| 2011-01-12 16:00:27
60147850484| 2011-01-09 19:56:42
60147850794| 2010-11-23 23:59:59
60147851002| 2010-11-01 23:59:59
60147851046| 2010-11-19 23:59:59
60147851070| 2010-08-31 23:59:59
60147851923| 2010-10-09 23:59:59

# 3  
Old 12-02-2011
Fortunately you have date in YYYY-MM-DD format so a simple string compare will work:

Code:
$ awk '$2 < "2011-10"' infile
60147850001| 2011-05-05 06:10:19
60147850379| 2011-01-12 16:00:27
60147850484| 2011-01-09 19:56:42
60147850794| 2010-11-23 23:59:59
60147851002| 2010-11-01 23:59:59
60147851046| 2010-11-19 23:59:59
60147851070| 2010-08-31 23:59:59
60147851923| 2010-10-09 23:59:59

# 4  
Old 12-02-2011
excellent. thanks guys
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