Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

I've got to setup a script that will run daily, and find a log file of a certain age, and then compress and transfer this file to a new location.

so far i've been able to specify the file i want with:

Code:

find . -name 'filename.*.log' -mtime 14 -exec compress -vf  {} \;

this prints out to screen the % of compression etc.

I'd like to sent this information to a file, and then email it out to users to show the file compression/backup has worked. however when i try to enter other code for this after the .\ i get an "find: incomplete statement"

i've also tried with now avail:

Code:

find . -name 'filename.*.log' -mtime 10 | xargs compress -vf > file.txt

any help greatly appreciated!

Code:

find . -name 'filename.*.log' -mtime 14 -exec compress -vf  {} \; > file.txt

this seems to output the compression to screen, and doesn't send it to the file.

thanks

The output from the compress utility's -v option is written to standard error; not to standard output. Try this minor change to elixir_sinari's suggestion:

Code:

find . -name 'filename.*.log' -mtime 14 -exec compress -vf  {} \; 2> file.txt

that did it, thanks very much guys!