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# 1  
Old 10-05-2012
Find command output gives one day before time stamp
Hi All,

I am listing the files which are 4 hours older. For this first I have creted a dummy file with the 4 hours before timestamp, then I am using the below find command,
Code:
find /path/ -type f ! -newer 4_hours_oledr_file -exec ls -lrt {} \;

I am getting the files which are older than the four hours only. But in the op the time stamp of the files coming as one day older.

Code:
/path/ack_test_20121004155730774.X12,Oct 4 15:57
/path/ack_test_20121004160351369.X12,Oct 4 16:03
/path/ack_test__20121004160621672.X12,Oct 4 16:06

actually these three files are created oct 5th only. but in the op it is showing as oct 4th.

Could yopu please help me to resolve this issue?

Thanks in advance!
Last edited by radoulov; 10-05-2012 at 06:17 AM..
# 2  
Old 10-05-2012
I can confirm that this should work. There is obviously something not quite right.

Firstly, how are you creating your timestamp file??

The file might contain the output of the date command but that would be irrelevant. It is the inode date/time that find will use.

If you:

Code:
 
ls -l <timestamp file>

what does it say?

You can modify the inode contents (date/time) of a file to set it to whatever you want.

So, how are you "creating" your timestamp file?


Also, just noticed that you have a bang (!) before the -newer which will invert the function!!! This will give you NOT NEWER. Remove the bang.

I hope that helps. Having read your post again I'm not sure I understand your question.
Last edited by hicksd8; 10-05-2012 at 05:54 AM..
# 3  
Old 10-05-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by hicksd8
I can confirm that this should work. There is obviously something not quite right.

Firstly, how are you creating your timestamp file??

The file might contain the output of the date command but that would be irrelevant. It is the inode date/time that find will use.

If you:

Code:
 
ls -l <timestamp file>

what does it say?

You can modify the inode contents (date/time) of a file to set it to whatever you want.

So, how are you "creating" your timestamp file?


Also, just noticed that you have a bang (!) before the -newer which will invert the function!!! This will give you NOT NEWER. Remove the bang.

I hope that helps. Having read your post again I'm not sure I understand your question.
Thanks for your response!
Code:
Y_DAY=`/usr/bin/perl -le 'print scalar localtime (time() - 240*60);'|nawk '{printf "%3s %3s %02d %s %04d",$1,$2,$3,$4,$5}'`
Y_YR=`echo $Y_DAY | awk '{print $5}'`
Y_MON=`echo $Y_DAY | awk '{print $2}'`
Y_DT=`echo $Y_DAY | awk '{print $3}'`
Y_HR=`echo $Y_DAY | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d":" -f1 `
Y_MIN=`echo $Y_DAY | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d":" -f2 `
 
 
# Convert Month name to month number
 
case $Y_MON in
"Jan") NEW_Mon=01
;;
"Feb") NEW_Mon=02
;;
"Mar") NEW_Mon=03
;;
"Apr") NEW_Mon=04
;;
"May") NEW_Mon=05
;;
"Jun") NEW_Mon=06
;;
"Jul") NEW_Mon=07
;;
"Aug") NEW_Mon=08
;;
"Sep") NEW_Mon=09
;;
"Oct") NEW_Mon=10
;;
"Nov") NEW_Mon=11
;;
"Dec") NEW_Mon=12
;;
*) echo "Invalid output"
;;
esac
 
REF_DT_STAMP=`echo $Y_YR$NEW_Mon$Y_DT$Y_HR$Y_MIN `
 
# create a file in the script dir for the reference
FILE_NEW=/path/4hours-Old-Temp-RefFile.txt
touch -t $REF_DT_STAMP $FILE_NEW

I am using the above to create the 4 hours older timestamp file.

I want to list the files which should not be the newer, so tat y i am using the ! (bang).

Thanks!

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# 4  
Old 10-05-2012
So if you run the script to create your timestamp file and then immediately:

Code:
 
ls -l <timestamp file>

is the inode date/time four hours ago? Just to check that the script is doing what we think it is.

Also, please try this without the space between the bang and -newer.
# 5  
Old 10-05-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by hicksd8
So if you run the script to create your timestamp file and then immediately:

Code:
 
ls -l <timestamp file>

is the inode date/time four hours ago? Just to check that the script is doing what we think it is.

Also, please try this without the space between the bang and -newer.

Getting the output,

-rw-rw-r-- 1 b2binta1 b2badmin 0 Oct 4 22:31 /path/4hours-Old-Temp-RefFile.txt
# 6  
Old 10-05-2012
I don't know what timezone you're in. Is this date/time correct (for four hours ago)? October 4, 22:31

If it is then your code seems to be working correctly for creating the timestamp file.
# 7  
Old 10-05-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by velava
Getting the output,

-rw-rw-r-- 1 b2binta1 b2badmin 0 Oct 4 22:31 /path/4hours-Old-Temp-RefFile.txt

But when i checking the /path/ the reference timestamp file it is showing as exactly 4 hours from now oct 5th 11:01.

how it is?
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