Then you should download copies of the Beginners Bash Scripting Guide, the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide, as well as guides/tutorials on awk and python. There are other scripting languages, but those I've named are the most common, in my opinion.
PS: once you've written the script to do what you want to do, the set up a cron job or at job to run the script at a given time: daily, hourly, every minute, whatever.
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