[SOLVED] script not working

1s440 · 02-17-2021, 09:50 PM

Hi all,

I wanted to move recursively all the folders present under the path /temp/source/ to /temp/destionation/tobemoved/ with respect to the specific date.

When i try with find command unfortunately it doesnot work

for f in `find /temp/source/ -name "*.*"`; do mv $f /temp/destionation/tobemoved/; done

can anyone help me with this

pan64 · 02-18-2021, 01:24 AM

I would first try that find command itself if it reports exactly what you need.

Code:

find /temp/source/ -type d

will print all the subfolders. -name is not required.

Turbocapitalist · 02-18-2021, 01:25 AM

It will help if you include [code] [/code] tags around your script.

What about an approach like this?

Code:

#!/bin/sh

find /temp/source/ \
        -type d \
        -name "*.*" \
        -exec mv -t /temp/destination/tobemoved/ {} \;

See -exec in "man find" and of course "man mv" too.

Note that with that -name option, the folder names must have a dot in them or they will not be found.

grail · 02-18-2021, 04:06 AM

I would suggest looking up rsync unless you wish to practice shell scripting instead

1s440 · 02-18-2021, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grail

I would suggest looking up rsync unless you wish to practice shell scripting instead

I was looking with rsync —remove-source files but it dies not actually delete the source directories.

1s440 · 02-18-2021, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turbocapitalist

It will help if you include [code] [/code] tags around your script.

What about an approach like this?

Code:

#!/bin/sh

find /temp/source/ \
        -type d \
        -name "*.*" \
        -exec mv -t /temp/destination/tobemoved/ {} \;

See -exec in "man find" and of course "man mv" too.

Note that with that -name option, the folder names must have a dot in them or they will not be found.

I wanted to move the directories under "source" to the destination folder "tobemoved" . here its moving the directory "source".

shruggy · 02-18-2021, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1s440

somehow this find command not working

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turbocapitalist

Note that with that -name option, the folder names must have a dot in them or they will not be found.

Then omit the -name "*.*" \ part.

1s440 · 02-18-2021, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shruggy

Then omit the -name "*.*" \ part.

if i wanted to move files older than one day then

Code:

#!/bin/sh

find /etkon/mounts/nc/Archiv/* \
        -type d \
        -mtime+1 -exec mv -t /etkon/mounts/archive/ {} \;

Turbocapitalist · 02-18-2021, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1s440

I wanted to move the directories under "source" to the destination folder "tobemoved" . here its moving the directory "source".

Throw in a -mindepth then.

Code:

find /temp/source/ \
        -mindepth 1 \
        -type d \
        -name "*.*" \
        -exec mv -t /temp/destination/tobemoved/ {} \;

1s440 · 02-18-2021, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turbocapitalist

Throw in a -mindepth then.

Code:

find /temp/source/ \
        -mindepth 1 \
        -type d \
        -name "*.*" \
        -exec mv -t /temp/destination/tobemoved/ {} \;

Thank you. I wonder -mtime +1 doesnot work. if i want to move the folder from the day before. move files older than one day. for ex: i want to move the folders till yesterdays but not today

1s440 · 02-18-2021, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1s440

Thank you. I wonder -mtime +1 doesnot work. if i want to move the folder from the day before. move files older than one day. for ex: i want to move the folders till yesterdays but not today

For some reason with mtime it’s not working and it’s not moving the directories also. Can you please suggest

MadeInGermany · 02-19-2021, 12:37 AM

Try -mtime +0

Code:

find /temp/source/ \
        -mindepth 1 \
        -maxdepth 1 \
        -type d \
        -mtime +0 \
        -exec mv -t /temp/destination/tobemoved/ {} \;

The -mtime examines the directory - not its files.
Moving a file in or out changes the directory's mtime. Modifying a file changes the file's mtime - not the directory's mtime.

1s440 · 02-19-2021, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadeInGermany

Try -mtime +0

Code:

find /temp/source/ \
        -mindepth 1 \
        -maxdepth 1 \
        -type d \
        -mtime +0 \
        -exec mv -t /temp/destination/tobemoved/ {} \;

The -mtime examines the directory - not its files.
Moving a file in or out changes the directory's mtime. Modifying a file changes the file's mtime - not the directory's mtime.

Thanks for the reply. if I use -mtime in the find command it doesnot move directories itself .

Code:

drwxrwxrwx 36 nasa nasa 4096 Feb 19 06:54 16022021
drwxrwxrwx 47 nasa nasa 4096 Feb 19 06:59 17022021
drwxrwxrwx 10 nasa nasa 4096 Feb 19 07:39 18022021
drwxrwxrwx 22 nasa nasa 4096 Feb 19 07:39 15022021

MadeInGermany · 02-19-2021, 02:47 AM

The -type d restricts the find targets to directories.

Do not have -name "*.*" that would require a dot in the name!

The -maxdepth 1 restricts to directories directly under the start directory e.g. /temp/source/16022021 matches but not /temp/source/subdir/16022021

1s440 · 02-19-2021, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadeInGermany

The -type d restricts the find targets to directories.

Do not have -name "*.*" that would require a dot in the name!

The -maxdepth 1 restricts to directories directly under the start directory e.g. /temp/source/16022021 matches but not /temp/source/subdir/16022021

Code:

find /temp/source/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +1

displays me the required directories