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need help in script

Hello,

i need to make script and i know basic scripting. we generate report in server every day and copy this report to perticular folder. i want to create script which transfer the file to given folder as per modification date.

ex report 14/12/2016
report 15/12/2016

if i run script in 15 dec so that script have to copy 15th dec file not 14th. same for coming days.

please help me on that

If you are decent with bash, you should really show your work. And share the actual filenames. That way we don't have to guess like I have here.

If they are named with the date then you can simply copy it with a date of today:

Code:

today=$(date +%d-%m-%Y)

cp report-$today /some/folder

Or if you want to copy only the newest report to a folder:

Code:

newest=$(ls -t report* | head -n1)

cp $newest /some/folder

Or if you want to get fancy and copy the newest report since 12am:

Code:

touch -t $(date +%m%d0000) /tmp/today

find . -type f -newer /tmp/today -exec cp {} /some/folder \;