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Old 12-08-2011
Unix Script or command Needed
Hi,

I am new to Shell Scripting.
I need to pick the files from one directory and place them in another directory based on time stamp.It should pick the files if the files is not accessed for 1 hour.
Can any one please help me how to work on this.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Prakash
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Old 12-08-2011
find(1) is your friend. Look at man pages.
You want something like:
Code:
find /path/to/dir -type f -atime +60 -exec mv -t targetDir {} \;

Note that find operates recursively, so it will pick up all files, also those nested deeper in the subdirs. If this is undesired, use
'-maxdepth 1' switch
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