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# 1  
Old 03-15-2013
Script to prompt user to enter data
Hi All

I have a script that moves files from one dir to another dir based on date, but I would like to change it in a way that whoever is going to run to enter the dates in which files will be removed. This is my script:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
touch -mt 201302250000 /tmp/ref3
touch -mt 201302282359 /tmp/ref4
find /data/xzy/abc/processed -type f \( -newer /tmp/ref3 -a ! -newer /tmp/ref4 \) > file_lst
mv $(< file_lst) /data/xzy/abc/processed/Feb13/

Please can you help
# 2  
Old 03-15-2013
Read the time stamps from the user using "read" and then touch the files "on those time stamps".
# 3  
Old 03-15-2013
Script to prompt user to enter data
Hi

Thanks for the reply.
Would it be:
Code:
echo "pls enter starting date format YYYYMMDDHHMM:"
read star_date
echo "pls enter end date format YYYYMMDDHHMM:"
read end_date

# 4  
Old 03-15-2013
Yes Smilie
# 5  
Old 03-15-2013
Script to prompt user to enter data
Then....

will it be:

Code:
touch start_date /tmp/ref1
touch end_date /tmp/ref2

# 6  
Old 03-15-2013
no!!!!

Code:
 
touch $start_date /tmp/ref1
touch $end_date /tmp/ref2

Variables should have "$" in front of their names Smilie
# 7  
Old 03-15-2013
Script to prompt user to enter data
Hi

This is what I did, but its not working:

Code:
#!/bin/sh

echo "pls enter starting date format YYYYMMDDHHMM:"
read star_date
echo "pls enter end date format YYYYMMDDHHMM:"
read end_date

touch $start_date /tmp/ref1
touch $end_date /tmp/ref2


find /tmp/fr -type f \( -newer /tmp/ref1 -a ! -newer /tmp/ref2 \) > file_lst
ls -lrt $(< file_lst) /tmp/fr
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