Routine String Search Options

Michael42 · Jan 16, 2005

Hello,

I need to routinely look in a fixed set of directories to find if .html files have been updated in the last 30 days. The challenging part of this (to me) is that I need to test for this via the files <meta> tag "pubdate" value then build of list of files that meet this criteria.

Example myfile.html:

Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title></title>
	[b]<meta name="pubdate" content="20041215">[/b]
</head>
<body>
<h1>My File</h1>
</body>
</html>

Any suggestions on tools or code to do this?

Thanks,

Michael42

bfitzmai · Jan 17, 2005

A script could be written to do this... You will need a list of directories... Use ls command to find the .html files... Use grep to fine and display the "meta name" line... Use >> to transfer the line to a file for you to look at.

segment · Jan 19, 2005

#!/bin/sh
echo "Enter directory to search"
read directory
for i in `find $directory -follow -name *.htm*`
do
grep -i pubdate $i | awk '{print $1}' >> file-list.html
done

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Routine String Search Options

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