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i have to write a shell script that will delete all the .dat files in /var/oracle/etl/incoming which the created date of the file is 7 days before the currrent date.
since i'm a newbie to unix, i have no idea how to write it!!!
kindly pls help buddies....
i have to write a shell script that will delete all the .dat files in /var/oracle/etl/incoming which the created date of the file is 7 days before the currrent date.
since i'm a newbie to unix, i have no idea how to write it!!!
kindly pls help buddies....
thanks in advance!!!!
Sure sounds like homework to me. What have you done to find a solution to the problem? Other than to post here.
We will aid you when you help yourself to a solution. Provide us with what you have attempted and then maybe someone will be able to assist. To spoon feed member answers for homework helps no one, especially the requester.
Do not expect LQ members to do your homework - you will learn much more by doing it yourself.
FYI: I suggest that you look at 'How to Ask Questions the Smart Way' so in the future your queries provide information that will aid us in diagnosis of the problem.
For scripting I suggest that you look at 4,5 & 6 below.
Just a few links to aid you to gaining some understanding;
Too many members just shoot answers without considering consequences for the OP. Sure, answered but did the poster learn anything other than copy & paste?
As a member I would like to see others think about shot-gunning solutions. Would you want someone that could perform, possibly stumble while in training to learn or someone that gets the answer then graduates and then fails? I would not hire the latter!
There's a time for spoon feeding and a time to address a posters attempt at the tasks. Throwing out answers helps no one, not even the member who already knows the answer. Try to model your answer to help the poster to understand not flat out doing the task(s).
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Do not expect LQ members to do your homework - you will learn much more by doing it yourself.
This LQR is simple but justifiable, reasonable and should be the controlling factor when addressing homework so the poster can learn. We may need to assist yet not do it.
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