move files base on time stamps

[IThead]

hi,
How do I move a group of files base on their time stamps, for example I want to mv files that are 2 days old to other directory.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Salem]

The 'find' command has many options for finding files, based on many properties of files, including their age.



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[coffeysm]

You can try:

To list the files
 find ./directory -atime +2 -ls 
                  -mtime +2
To remove
 find ./directory -atime +2 -exec rm {} \;

-atime = Access Time 
-mtime = Modified Time

 

[IThead]

how to find and move files to different directory?

I've tried this way but did not work.

find . -type f -name "log*" -mtime 1 -exec mv /home/mydir {} \;

 

[KenCunningham]

Maybe:

find . -type f -name "log*" -mtime 1 -exec mv {} /home/mydir \;

 

[coffeysm]

You also might be able to pipe it into xargs.

 

[IThead]

KenCunningham
placing the destination dir. after {} works.

Thanks

 

[IThead]

I have another question, do you have a script that will mv a list for files base a range of numbers? I have some log files that is generated from Oracle like 0001_000001000.arc and the number is increamented by one, now I need some way to copy/move a certain range of these files to somewhere else.

Thanks

 

[marrow]

Ken is right - it's the positioning of the new directory - must be after the {} and not before

 

[KenCunningham]

Depending on which number is being incremented, you can use a range in your move. Something like:

mv 000[1-9]_000001000.arc <where you're moving them to>

might do the trick or at least give you the idea. I suggest you test with ls to confirm that you're picking the correct files up before using mv.

 

[IThead]

KenCunningham,
I need to move a range of these files:

0001_0000025937.ARC ~ 0001_0000025940.ARC

I enter this command but did not work:

mv 0001_00000[25937-25940].ARC /tmp

Thanks