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Old 08-13-2012
How to list todays and yesterdays .rej files from a directory?
I am trying to display todays and yesterdays .rej files from a directory.
Code:
 ls -lrt *.rej | grep 'Aug 12' ; ls -lrt *.rej | grep 'Aug 13'

Which is working as above.
But i want take 'Aug 12' and 'Aug 13' from a variable and the command should work everyday.

I am able to get todays files by using belows pseudo code.
psuedo code:
Code:
d=$ `date '+%b %d'` 
yest=$(`date -d '1 day ago' +'%d %d'`)
ls -lrt *.rej | grep 'd' ; ls -lrt *.rej | grep 'yest'

but i am facing problem while printing yesterdays date files.
Code:
Error is date: Not a recognized flag: d
Usage: date [-u] [+"Field Descriptors"]

Could anyone help where i am doing wrong?
Last edited by Scott; 08-13-2012 at 09:31 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 08-13-2012
-d is a GNU extension. how about using find -mtime -2 ?
# 3  
Old 08-13-2012
try this.....
Code:
var_today=$(date "+%b %d")
var_yest=$(date --date="yesterday" "+%b %d")
ls -lrt *.rej | grep "$var_yest" ; ls -lrt *.rej | grep "$var_today"

# 4  
Old 08-13-2012
---------- Post updated at 07:50 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:47 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
Code:
var_today=$(date "+%b %d")
var_yest=$(date --date="yesterday" "+%b %d")
ls -lrt *.rej | grep "$var_yest" ; ls -lrt *.rej | grep "$var_today"


Thanks for the info.
But i am getting below error message:

Code:
$ sh sample.sh
date: Not a recognized flag: -
Usage: date [-u] [+"Field Descriptors"]
ls: 0653-341 The file *.rej does not exist.
ls: 0653-341 The file *.rej does not exist.
$

Last edited by Franklin52; 08-13-2012 at 09:51 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 5  
Old 08-13-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by GopalKrishnaP
---------- Post updated at 07:50 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:47 AM ----------




Thanks for the info.
But i am getting below error message:

Code:
$ sh sample.sh
date: Not a recognized flag: -
Usage: date [-u] [+"Field Descriptors"]
ls: 0653-341 The file *.rej does not exist.
ls: 0653-341 The file *.rej does not exist.
$

Check if your bash supports date or not..
enter below commands in bash..

Code:
date
date "+%b %d"   
date --date="yesterday" "+%b %d"

# 6  
Old 08-13-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
Check if your bash supports date or not..
enter below commands in bash..
uhm... did you miss his first post where his date command did not take any options?

Please try:
Code:
find . -name '*.rej' -mtime -2

This User Gave Thanks to neutronscott For This Post:
GopalKrishnaP
# 7  
Old 08-13-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
Check if your bash supports date or not..
enter below commands in bash..

Code:
date
date "+%b %d"   
date --date="yesterday" "+%b %d"

Code:
$ date
Mon Aug 13 08:57:39 EDT 2012
$ date "+%b %d"
Aug 13
$ date --date="yesterday" "+%b %d"
date: Not a recognized flag: -
Usage: date [-u] [+"Field Descriptors"]
$

These are the outputs which i am getting.

---------- Post updated at 08:04 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:59 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by neutronscott
uhm... did you miss his first post where his date command did not take any options?

Please try:
Code:
find . -name '*.rej' -mtime -2

Thank you so much.. it was working.. Could you briefly explain the command?
Last edited by Scott; 08-13-2012 at 10:02 AM.. Reason: PLEASE use code tags
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