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Old 08-18-2012
To list old 5 files
Hi,

I have the files as listed below in one directory. From this I want to list out only the 5 files whch are too old.
Code:
#cd /tmp/
#ls -ltr *
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   24243455 Aug 18 21:02 ten
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   3549121 Aug 18 21:00 nine
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   24158848 Aug 18 20:47 eight
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   29398639 Aug 18 20:45 seven
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   26705993 Aug 18 20:32 six
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   4343874 Aug 18 20:30 five
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   21643630 Aug 18 20:17 four
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   28277108 Aug 18 20:15 three
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   26919801 Aug 18 20:02 two
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   5055793 Aug 18 20:00 one

i.e. My output should list only below file. Can anyone pls help Which command i can use. (Rather than #ls -lt one two three four five).
i.e., It should display 5 old files which are too old.

Code:
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   4343874 Aug 18 20:30 five
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   21643630 Aug 18 20:17 four
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   28277108 Aug 18 20:15 three
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   26919801 Aug 18 20:02 two
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    root   5055793 Aug 18 20:00 one

Last edited by thomasraj87; 08-18-2012 at 04:11 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 08-18-2012
You can use tail (or head depending on what order you list the files).

Check out the man pages:
head
tail
# 3  
Old 08-18-2012
Thanks for ur reply.

But in my case it should list out all the files other than first 5 latest files. How can i list.. Because i can not predict the no of files in my directory.. Files will be created automatically time by time.. So need to list out all the files other than first 5 files (i.e other than ls -lt *|head -5)..

ls -lt *|head -5 will display first 5 files.
But i want to display other than the files listed from "ls -lt *|head -5"
Last edited by thomasraj87; 08-18-2012 at 04:33 PM..
# 4  
Old 08-18-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by thomasraj87
ls -lt *|head -5 will display first 5 files.
But i want to display other than the files listed from "ls -lt *|head -5"
Read the tail man page which Scott so graciously linked. Hint: +.

Regards,
Alister
Last edited by alister; 08-18-2012 at 04:56 PM..
# 5  
Old 08-18-2012
Alister,

I read the head and tail man... But i couldn't get how to get the desired o/p as i expected. Can u help...
Last edited by thomasraj87; 08-18-2012 at 06:06 PM..
# 6  
Old 08-19-2012
from man tail:
Code:
       -n, --lines=K
              output the last K lines, instead of the last 10; or use -n +K to
              output lines starting with the Kth

Code:
ls -lt | tail -n +5

# 7  
Old 08-20-2012
Hi,

That is not working.

Code:
# ls -lt * | tail -n +5
usage: tail [+/-[n][lbc][f]] [file]
       tail [+/-[n][l][r|f]] [file]
#

Last edited by Scott; 08-20-2012 at 08:18 AM.. Reason: Code tags
 
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