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Old 10-15-2008
Patern Match Question on file names
I have a script which I use to archive log files and I want to install it on another server. I match any file with a ".log" in the name. Most files end with ".log" or ".log.nnnn". Of course someone has a file on this server that they do not want to archive that has .login.ear in the file name and my script is picking it up. Any ideas on how to change the find command to bypass this file?

Code:
find /opt/Weblogic/servers/Server1/ -type f -iname  \*.log\* ! -newer /tmp/archive/REF

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Old 10-15-2008
Code:
find /opt/Weblogic/servers/Server1/ -type f \ 
      \( -iname  '*.log'  -o  -iname '*.log.[:digit:][:digit:][:digit:]*' \)
       ! -newer /tmp/archive/REF

Try using limited sq bracket pattern matching - I used posix, you could use [0-9] instead of [:digit:]
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