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Old 04-03-2008
extracting data from files..

frnds,

I m having prob woth doing some 2-3 task simultaneously...

what I want is...
I have lots ( lacs ) of files in a dir...
I want.. these info from arround 2-3 months files

filename convention is - abc20080403sdas.xyz ( for todays files )
I want

1. total no of files for 1 dec 2007 to 1 apr 2008 ( daily count )
2. sum of total line counts in those files...
3. file size of that files...


Pl help... at least suggest..

-thanks
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Old 04-03-2008
read this post on how to increment dates in YYYYMMDD format
https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...-yyyymmdd.html

make a loop around those files and addup stats, thats all!
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