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A better way:<br><br>
find . -type f -mtime n -exec cp {} /destination_dir \;<br><br>
The -type f will make sure you don't try and copy a directory.<br>
Its always safe to do this first to make sure it is getting the files you
expect<br><br>
find . -type f -mtime n -print<br>
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I would simply use the "find" command.<br><br>
find . -mtime n -exec cp {} /destination_dir \;<br><br>
mtime is for modified time and n is true if the file has been modified in
n days.<br><br>
Hope this helps. <br><br>
At 11:09 AM 9/13/01 -0600, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>hey folks,<br><br>
hope everyone and all your loved ones are well.<br><br>
i have what i believe is a simple shell scripting question. i have
a<br>
number of files in a directory. some of them have been modified today.
i<br>
want to copy the files that have been modified today to another
directory.<br><br>
something like<br><br>
for ($i in <modified today>) cp $i /some/directory<br><br>
i am using bash.<br><br>
thanks,<br>
mike<br><br>
-- mike cullerton michaelc@cullerton.com<br><br>
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