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Old 07-06-2012
Error How to count previous days files
Hi i know how to get no of files in some particular folder by following command which includes today and previous days files also
Code:
ls |wc -l

but i needed a command in which i can list previous one or two days files only.
Last edited by radoulov; 07-06-2012 at 09:58 AM..
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Old 07-06-2012
I dont think you have much choice... you will have to use the find command...
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Old 07-06-2012
how can find be helpful in this case?
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Old 07-06-2012
If you only want to use ls, then you are to use ls -l anda pipe with grep the pattern being the date.. (and a extra pipe for wc -l
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Old 07-06-2012
Code:
ran:/home/vbe $ ls -l|grep " Jun 1[12] "
-rw-rw-rw-   1 vbe        bin           4192 Jun 11 18:12 net_pb.out
-rw-------   1 vbe        bin            372 Jun 12 20:09 nohup.out
ran:/home/vbe $ ls -l|grep " Jun 1[12] "|wc -l
3

Possible issue with this approach you will not have with find:
Code:
ran:/home/vbe $ ls -l|grep " Jun 1[12] "
-rw-rw-rw-   1 vbe        bin            367 Jun 12  2009 dsk_todo.090526
-rw-rw-rw-   1 vbe        bin           4192 Jun 11 18:12 net_pb.out
-rw-------   1 vbe        bin            372 Jun 12 20:09 nohup.out

 
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