Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

I am trying to move old file to archive folder.

find /sourcedirectory/logs/* -type f -mtime +30 -exec mv "{}" /sourcedirectory/logs/archive \;


The above command not only search for old file in /sourcedirectory/logs/ folder but also searchs in /sourcedirectory/logs/archive ( what I meant to say is its doing recursive search.)

I dont want do recursive search. Can you help me in command which does not do recursively.

find /sourcedirectory/logs/* -type f -mtime +30 - which does recursively.

what is the command for non recursive?
Thanks for your help.

Try:

Code:

find /sourcedirectory/logs/* \( -type d ! -name . -prune \) -o \( -type f -mtime +30 -exec mv "{}" /sourcedirectory/logs/archive \; \)

Can you explain above command?

Thanks for your help.

Easier to understand if you break it down, then use man find to understand the different options/flags.

Find all files in the below directory:

Code:

find /sourcedirectory/logs/*

Exclude ("pruning") all directories except (!) the current directory (.):

Code:

find /sourcedirectory/logs/* \( -type d ! -name . -prune \)

where files were modified 30 days ago:[CODE]find /sourcedirectory/logs/* \( -type d ! -name . -prune \) -o \( -type f -mtime +30[/ICODE]then moves the found files to the below directory:

Code:

find /sourcedirectory/logs/* \( -type d ! -name . -prune \) -o \( -type f  -mtime +30 -exec mv "{}" /sourcedirectory/logs/archive \; \)