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Old 04-18-2005
cp files that have a particular datestamp
Hello all

I'm trying to copy all files in the current directory with yesterday's date to another directory using a single command . I searched the faqs but all the examples listed out involve only the find command.I tried to do something like but it does'nt seem to work.

cp < ls -l |grep "Apr 14" > /usr/users/backup_dir

Thanks
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Old 04-18-2005
in the directory the files are located ...

cp -p `ls -l | awk '/Apr 14/ {print $NF}'` /usr/users/backup_dir
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Old 04-18-2005
cp files that have a particular datestamp
awesome ....Thanks Just Ice ! I need to start looking at AWK commands ....
 
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