Need help in scripting

[nitincm]

If file is created after April25 then find "xyz" pattern in that file.
then if xyz pattern found then send it to me by email.

how do I write the script for this?

thanks in advance.

 

[PHV]

man touch
man find
man grep
man sendmail

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ222-2244

 

[p5wizard]

and man uuencode


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[PHV]

Good catch p5wizard, forgot the attachment ...

 

[nitincm]

Thanks,
Yes I can able to find and grep...
find . -name "error_log*" -exec grep -il "xyz" {} \;
Output is coming....
now I would like to find "xyz" in file only which is created after 25 April.

 

[PHV]

Again:
man touch
man find (hint: the -newer primary)

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ222-2244

 

[nitincm]

(hint: the -newer primary) ?
newer is compare with old file but here need to find file which is created after 25 April...

how I can do it?

 

[Chacalinc]

man touch

newer is compare with old file but here need to find file which is created after 25 April.

[tt]touch MMDDhhmm file_dated

find /path -newer file_dated
[/tt]

man touch
man find

 

[nitincm]

can you give me the syntax?

find . -name "web_log*" -exec grep -il "xyz" {} \;

how I can use -newer in above cmd?

 

[p5wizard]

touch 04250000 /tmp/april25
find . -name "web_log*" -newer /tmp/april25 -exec grep -il "xyz" {} \;
rm /tmp/april25

file must be named web_log* and must be newer than the created (empty) file /tmp/april25 which gets a modtime of april 25th 00:00h

HTH,

p5wizard