finding file patterns

[samirm]

Hi ,

In my Unix box, in a particular location say in /home/samir/office on regular basis 6 files get copied from various remote servers via FTP on a particular time.

Now I would like to make a shell script which will work in background to keep track of that files and will mail me with the confirmation.

The files are 6 nos. on daily basis.

file name is like as folows :-

abc40218.csv
def40218.csv
ghi40218.csv
jkl40218.csv

abc_def_pqr20040218.csv
abc_123_def20040218.csv

for 1st group of files 4 = year , 02 = month and 18 = day

and for 2nd group of files 2004 = year, 02 = month and 18 = day

Thanking you ....

Samir

 

[Salem]

If you're running this every day, then do you need to worry about the dates in the filenames?

You could just wait until there are 6 files

while true; do
  a=`ls -1 | wc -l`
  if [ "$a" -eq "6" ]; then
    echo yes  # replace with suitable mail command
    break
  fi
  sleep 10
done

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[samirm]

Hi Salem ..thanks for the reply ..
but if this thing happen for once / twice a week ..then what things to be followed ?

for any holiday / special close day ...

I need a general solution irrespective of the daily files ..as u said ..with that respective time stamp.

thanks ..

samir

 

[PHV]

samirm, what have you so far ?
To list today's files, you can try something like this:
typeset -i ymd=$(date "+%y%m%d&quot
ls /home/samir/office/*$ymd.csv

Hope This Help, PH.
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[samirm]

Thanks PHV .

I will let you know the outcome of your script idea ..after apply !!

samir