[NCLUG] shell scripting

[C. J. Keist]

A better way:

find . -type f -mtime n -exec cp {} /destination_dir \;

The -type f will make sure you don't try and copy a directory.
Its always safe to do this first to make sure it is getting the files you 
expect

find . -type f -mtime n -print
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I would simply use the "find" command.

find . -mtime n -exec cp {} /destination_dir \;

mtime is for modified time and n is true if the file has been modified in n 
days.

Hope this helps.

At 11:09 AM 9/13/01 -0600, you wrote:
>hey folks,
>
>   hope everyone and all your loved ones are well.
>
>   i have what i believe is a simple shell scripting question. i have a
>number of files in a directory. some of them have been modified today. i
>want to copy the files that have been modified today to another directory.
>
>something like
>
>  for ($i in <modified today>) cp $i /some/directory
>
>i am using bash.
>
>thanks,
>mike
>
>-- mike cullerton   michaelc at cullerton.com
>
>
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C. J. Keist                     Email: cjay at engr.colostate.edu
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