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Old 09-29-2008
Find cmd not working correctly in script

I am trying to copy 2 types of files so I can archive them. I tested with a set of commands:
touch -t $(date -d "-60 day" +%Y%m%d) WORKDIR/REF
find TARGETDIR/ -type f -maxdepth 1 -iname \*.out\* -or -iname \*.log\* ! -newer WORKDIR/REF -exec ls -l {} \;


This correctly lists any files in the directory over 60 days old with .log or .out in the name. But when I execute this in a ksh script, I only get whichever string I have listed last, in this case I only get the .log files. Switching log and out, I only get the .out files.

I can do this with 2 separate find commands, but I was wondering why it won't work as a single comd in the ksh script?
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Old 09-29-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by prismtx
touch -t $(date -d "-60 day" +%Y%m%d) WORKDIR/REF
find TARGETDIR/ -type f -maxdepth 1 -iname \*.out\* -or -iname \*.log\* ! -newer WORKDIR/REF -exec ls -l {} \;
My guess would be the
Code:
 -or -iname

part, as it is looking for one or another, not both.

Last edited by glen.barber; 09-29-2008 at 06:07 PM.. Reason: Fixed typo
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Old 09-29-2008
But the directories that I am searching, have both names in them and the find command finds them both flawlessly when I run it from the command line prompt. It is only in the ksh script that it seems to take only the last search string.
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