mv script

[hammam02]

i have aix6.1

i write script to move file from directory to another
but the source is file name random by time

how can determin the source to move

my script is

xx='ls -ltr |awk '(print $9}''
but the value is all of files in the directory

i need to determin the newer file created

 

[khalidaaa]

If you are running this command once every day then the following command will do the job!

To list all files in the current directory that have been changed during the current 24-hour period, enter: 
find . -ctime 1 -print | xargs -t -I {} mv {} /destination_dir

If you intend to run the command more than once then you can use the following:

find . -newer temp_file -print | xargs -t -I {} mv {} /destination_dir
rm temp_file
touch temp_file

You just need to create the temp_file once before running the above scrip or otherwise you will get an error as the file won't be available by then. The rm command is only because i haven't tested the command above and maybe the touch over temp_file will only modify the last modified time!

Regards,
Khalid