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Old 11-04-2016
How to move files older than certain time?
If there are 100 files created in a directory /data/ today from 2:00 AM to 10:00 AM

I need to move files older than 3:00 AM to a new directory /hold/

How to do that?

Also, if I have to move files between 3:00 AM to 9:00 AM, how to achieve that
# 2  
Old 11-04-2016
Did you consider the find command? Applying the -mmin twice to enclose the desired period, or the -newer test accordingly.
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Old 11-04-2016
How do I give the date?

Code:
find /data/ -type f -newer 11042016103500

Files are like

Code:
	1.5M (1612002)	Fri Nov 04 10:33:32 CDT 2016	887.txt 
	1.5M (1612002)	Fri Nov 04 10:33:32 CDT 2016	889.txt 
	1.6M (1652434)	Fri Nov 04 10:33:31 CDT 2016	877.txt 
	1.6M (1652434)	Fri Nov 04 10:33:31 CDT 2016	878.txt 
	1.8M (1837570)	Fri Nov 04 10:33:31 CDT 2016	879.txt 
	1.8M (1837570)	Fri Nov 04 10:33:31 CDT 2016	880.txt 
	1.7M (1748194)	Fri Nov 04 10:33:31 CDT 2016	881.txt

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-11-2016 at 06:32 AM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 11-11-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by eskay
How do I give the date?

find /data/ -type f -newer 11042016103500
Did you consider to read the man-page for find?
Quote:
-newer file

File was modified more recently than file. If file is a symbolic link and the -H option or the -L
option is in effect, the modification time of the file it points to is always used.

BTW, there is no way you can reliably find out the creation date of a file. All discussions in this thread refer to the last modification time of the file (which in your case is probably sufficient).
Last edited by rbatte1; 11-14-2016 at 07:35 AM.. Reason: Changed Orange italic text into a QUOTE
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