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Old 09-13-2017
Grep Script

Hi,
New to scripting and looking for some help.
I am trying to write a script that will search a specified directory for any new or modified files within the last 7 days and display the results. This will be ran daily and emailed?
Thanks

Last edited by rbatte1; 09-13-2017 at 01:25 PM.. Reason: Removed gratuitous additional formatting that was pasted in.
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Old 09-13-2017
What have you tried?

What have you tried?
What do you believe would solve this?

We are not a coding service, and some requests like this have a "school work" feel to them.

Please provide information on what you have attempted.
# 3  
Old 09-13-2017
Code:
Find (directory) –name “*.file extention” –mmin -1440 – print

Is basically giving me what I am after just wanting the files to display in the results though not full paths?



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Last edited by rbatte1; 09-13-2017 at 01:29 PM.. Reason: RudiC added CODE tags. rbatte1 removed gratuitous pasted-in formatting
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Old 09-13-2017
Welcome Con592,

I have a few to questions pose in response first:-
  • Is this homework/assignment? There are specific forums for these.
  • What have you tried so far?
  • What output/errors do you get?
  • What OS and version are you using?
  • What are your preferred tools? (C, shell, perl, awk, etc.)
  • What logical process have you considered? (to help steer us to follow what you are trying to achieve)
Most importantly, What have you tried so far?

There are probably many ways to achieve most tasks, so giving us an idea of your style and thoughts will help us guide you to an answer most suitable to you so you can adjust it to suit your needs in future.


We're all here to learn and getting the relevant information will help us all.



Kind regards,
Robin
# 5  
Old 09-13-2017
You can cd to the directory and use a relative path
Code:
find . -type f -name "*.ext" -mmin -1440 -print

Or you filter the output
Code:
directory="directory"
find "$directory" -type f -name "*.ext" -mmin -1440 -print | sed "s#^$directory##'

For long times like 7 days you better take -mtime -7 not -mmin -10080.

Last edited by MadeInGermany; 09-14-2017 at 11:08 AM.. Reason: Changed non-ascii “– to "- thanks RudiC
# 6  
Old 09-14-2017
Hi,
Thanks for the info.


How can I get more info from the find output, for example modified date etc in the output?
# 7  
Old 09-14-2017
Does your find version offer the -ls action? And, I'm pretty sure no find version will work with the non-ascii – “ ” characters...
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