General :: Bash - Move Around Files Using "ls -al" Result?
May 26, 2011
How can I write a script to copy files from one directory to another directory according to last modified date?
ls -al
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 100 2011-05-26 12:33 ABC1234_frontcover_10344000_2011-05.doc
What exactly I want to do is, Using the above bold part of ls -al result the ABC1234_frontcover_10344000_2011-05.doc file should be copied to /home/abcd/ABC1234/2011-05/26/. There should be some way to do it using value of date -r $file +%m and basename *.doc | awk -F_ '{print $1}'.
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Dec 2, 2010
I am looking for a script/advice or guidance on how to write a script so that when I use the 'del' command it removes/sends the files/folders to a I specify for example 'dustbin
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Jul 1, 2011
I am frustrated by running a script on the Fedora 14 computer as a cron job. I paste the code:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#a backup script to copy data from sda to sdc
ROOTVOL=`blkid -U ea210a08-6212-4dc8-be1c-23fce3b965bc`
[code]....
So when I run this as root, for example:
Code:
# /root/myscript
the result is what I expect:
Code:
Jul 1 13:41:16 svn root: ADMIN: Executing backup-svn
Jul 1 13:41:16 svn root: using blkid ea210a08-6212-4dc8-be1c-23fce3b965bc as /dev/mapper/vg_svn_backup-lv_root
[code]....
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May 12, 2011
I need to move files to a backup drive if they are over 30 days old. All I could find, when looking for scripts, were ways to sort files by date and the solutions were all over the place and nothing seemed simple or good.
I've thought of building my own running "ls -al > filelist.txt" type of approach and then processing the file, but not sure that is best way. An array would be much easier and eliminate the file, but never done an array in bash.
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Sep 1, 2011
I'm trying to write a bash script which will find files then move them to a specific directory.
So far I have:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#script to find and move files
src_dir="/path/to/source/directory"
des_dir_mov="/path/to/destination/directory/for/movies"
des_dir_img="/path/to/destination/directory/for/images"
find $src_dir -iname '*.avi' -type f -exec mv '{}' $des_dir_mov ';'
I'd like to have all the possible movie file types then the image file types checked in a loop.
Every time I try to include an array in this script it breaks
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Dec 2, 2010
I have an array called arrayini which stores numbers. I want to take log to the base 2 of each of the numbers in that array and put it in file called result. I've used the following code to do it.
Code:
size=${#arrayini[@]}
for ((i=0;i<size;i++))
do
echo "scale = 12; l(${arrayini[$i]})/l(2)" | bc -l
done >result
It works fine but its taking pretty long to calculate since I've got about 230,000 items in the array. So I decided to store the result into an array hoping that it'd be faster. I tried the following code. arrayresult is where I try and store the result. The code doesn't work because of the second last line.
Code:
unset arrayresult
size=${#arrayini[@]}
for ((i=0;i<size;i++))
do
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There is a syntax error clearly.
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Aug 18, 2009
Being relatively new both to Linux and this forum, i am sorry if i make a post that already is, evn though i couldn`t find it.My problem is i can`t move downloaded files over to root filesystem, i have downloaded and unpacked them to files. to change it`s looks and downloaded a skin, i open root, go to usr---> amsn ---> share --> skins, now i am to copy the file of the skin over to the root directory, butI also tried alt+f2, writing sudo conqueror, as an advice i got, but there was noe difference.
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Dec 17, 2009
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Sep 6, 2010
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Jun 24, 2011
In my bash script I need to move files in a folder if it is not in use.
Code:
for entry in `ls /root/shared_storage/input`; do
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ru=${run:0:5}
echo $entry
if [ "$ru" == "" ]; then
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Oct 15, 2010
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Nov 2, 2010
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./asdf/asdf/s.php
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./a/b/c/d/e/f/g.jpg
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Unix - In Linux, how do I move all files and folders into a new directory?
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Code:
# Create variables.
dir="/var/log"
tmp="$dir/tmp"
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[Code].....
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Jul 12, 2011
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Code:
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Code:
find /mirror -maxdepth 1 -size 10G
find /mirror -size 10
[code]....
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Jan 22, 2010
I`m totally new to linux, in fact I`m a windows adminscenario:I need to run a script that will automatically move 30 days old files from particular folder to a particular folder.
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Jun 17, 2010
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Jul 15, 2010
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Code:
~$ mv ~/downloads/fonts/*.*tf /usr/share/fonts
mv: cannot stat `/home/bryan/downloads/fonts/*.*tf': No such file or directory
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Jan 4, 2011
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#!/bin/bash
# test.shl
source="/u03/upload/"
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