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Old 05-15-2006
Order files by create date
hi
Is there a way to sort files in the order they were created ,and move them to another directory one by one ,oldest being the first to be moved.
Thanks
Arif
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Old 05-15-2006
Code:
ls -tr|xargs -i ksh -c "mv {} ../tmp/"

Cheers
# 3  
Old 05-15-2006
Hi thanks for reply
I have like 5 files(*.txt) in the directory
I want to move only the oldest file in the order of creation to another directory .
I am trying to use
mv (ls -tr *.event |head -1) /arif/temp/ in bash shell
I need help to correct the syntax of this command if my idea is right .
Last edited by mab_arif16; 05-15-2006 at 01:57 PM..
# 4  
Old 05-15-2006
Ok ,use:
Code:
ls -tr *.txt|head -1|xargs -i ksh -c "mv {} ../tmp/"

# 5  
Old 05-15-2006
Thanks that was perfect
Arif
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