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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am attempting to find and copy the two most recently added files to a specific directory, that fit a specific format.
I was able to find the command to list the two most recently added files in directory: ls -1t | head -n 2 The command lists the two files names in a vertical list,... (11 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all, I am a bit of a beginner with shell scripting..
What I want to do is merge two drives, for example moving all data from X to Y.
If a file in X doesn't exist in Y, it will be moved there.
If a file in X also exists in Y, the most recently modified file will be moved to (or kept) in... (5 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there,
I have built up my own little "cloud" for my family as the amount of computers grows all day. By now we use 3 smartphones, 2 notebooks und 4 PCs, so this "home cloud" was made to store all personal data (photos, documents,...) and do a backup once in a while. It is running on a Ubuntu... (1 Reply)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there, I am very new to unix and having trouble with a fairly simple statement:
cd /user
ls -t -c1 | sed -ne '11,$p' | mv xargs archive/
What I want the code to do is sort all files in a directory by timestamp, select all of the files after the 10th file, and then move those files... (3 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Number of files will get created in a folder automatically daily.. so i hav to delete the older files other than the recently added 5 files..
Could u help me through this..?? (5 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have the following files
A320_ZONAL_v24_-_AMM_Suffix_jess_2011-05-31.xls Jun 10 17:21
A320_ZONAL_v24_-_AMM_Suffix_jess_.xls Nov 10 17:21
A320_ZONAL_v24_-_AMM_Suffix_jess_2011-03-31.xls Nov 23 20:21
And I need only the more recent one using UNIX timestamp... (2 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
Can you guys tell me how do i find the most recently changed files, say an hour before, few hours before, a day before etc....
Thanks!!!! (3 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do I find files those have been updated in the last 24 hours, sort them by size descending and then display the top of the long list? (6 Replies)
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9. AIX
Hello, we are going through a restructoring of file systems and will need to copy the contents of one file system to another box, then a few days later copy it again. Is there a way on the second copy to only copy files that have changed? Thanks in advance (3 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hello! is there a way for me to use the chmod command to change permissions for several files all at once -based on the fact that these files were all most recently modified TODAY ?
I can't use a wildcard on their filenames because the filenames are varied. But I was hoping I could somehow do... (2 Replies)
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