topic Re: HELP to made a Script in Operating System - HP-UX

HELP to made a Script

Isaac_4 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:23:03 GMT

Hi:

I need move one file from a directory but i need move the most recent from the original directory. ( in original directory have many files equals )
Some body can help me !

Thank you

Re: HELP to made a Script

Pete Randall — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:26:17 GMT

I assume the names are similar. You could try something like:

rm `ls -t filename.* |head -r |tail -1`

Pete

Re: HELP to made a Script

Isaac_4 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:34:30 GMT

No I dont need remove i need made a copy

Re: HELP to made a Script

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:36:54 GMT

Hi Isaac:

Assuming that you do not want to examine subordinate directories, but only want the most recently modified file, do:

# cd yourdir
# FILE=`ls -lt|awk '/^-/ {print $NF}'|head -1`
# mv ${FILE} destdir

The 'ls -lt' lists files in modification timestamp order; the most recent first. We look only for regular files with 'awk' printing the file names, and take only the first one in the ouput stream with 'head'.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: HELP to made a Script

Rodney Hills — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:18:30 GMT

I think a little more detail of your problem would be helpful.

Rod Hills

Re: HELP to made a Script

Peter Nikitka — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:19:11 GMT

Hi,

a little modification of James solution,
to avoid an error message when no file is found:

cd yourdir
FILE=`ls -t | sed 1q`
[ "$FILE" ] && mv ${FILE} destdir

mfG Peter

Re: HELP to made a Script

Peter Nikitka — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:31:10 GMT

Sorry for the follow up post,

but just saw the checking for a plain file, so:

cd yourdir
FILE=`ls -t | sed 1q`
[ -n "$FILE" -a -f "$FILE" ] && mv ${FILE} destdir

mfG

Re: HELP to made a Script

Josiah Henline — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:01:53 GMT

OLDDIR="" #Set the current dir of the file
NEWDIR="" #Set the new dir of the file

cd $OLDDIR
set -A ARRAY1 $(ll -lt |grep "^-" |tail -1 | cut -d " " -f2-)

mv ${ARRAY1[$(print ${#ARRAY1[*]} - 1 |bc)]} $NEWDIR

Re: HELP to made a Script

Josiah Henline — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:06:29 GMT

OLDDIR="" #Set the current dir of the file
NEWDIR="" #Set the new dir of the file

cd $OLDDIR
set -A ARRAY1 $(ll -lrt |grep "^-" |tail -1 | cut -d " " -f2-)

mv ${ARRAY1[$(print ${#ARRAY1[*]} - 1 |bc)]} $NEWDIR

Sorry... forgot the "-r". It is needed for me to use the "tail" command.

Re: HELP to made a Script

Isaac_4 — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:08:48 GMT

Thank you for you help
thanks Josiah, Peter, Pete , James R. all this good boys help me to open my eyes !!!