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Old 02-13-2012
Need one line scripting on Unix shell..help!!
Hi Experts,

I need one line script for the below requirement.

First it should check if a directory with todays date exist, and if not create it and move the PDF file to that directory.

thanks in advance!!!
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Old 02-13-2012
it will check whehter the directory (YYYYMMDD) is exists or not. if exists move all the pdf files. if not create a directory and move all the pdf files into that directory

Code:
 
dirname=`date +%Y%m%d`; [ -d $dirname ] && mv *.pdf $dirname/ || ( mkdir $dirname && mv *.pdf $dirname/ )

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Old 02-13-2012
Thanks for your reply.

It works perfectly...!!
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