Fred Zinsli: > > I am attempting to create a script (#!/bin/sh) that searches for files > created on the first day of the week, then on the first day of the month, > then the first day of the year. as seperate events. All the files are in > one directory so easy to find, though the files could have any name. And I > already know how to take the action I want once found. I just can't seem > to work out how to find the files in question.
Interesting question! While skimming find(1) I found the test '-newerXY' which I didn't know and should help you achieve your goal. I didn't actually undertsand the man page, but found examples quickly: http://stackoverflow.com/a/158235 Now you only need to use 'date' to find the appropriate dates. The first day of the current month/year is quite easy (just hardcode the the values as 01). The first day of a week is harder (to google ;-)). You might need to determine the number of days to substract from the current day by looking at the weekday name. If you are familiar with Perl or Python it might be easier to come up with a one-liner and use that. J. -- If I am asked 'How are you' more than a million times in my life I promise to explode. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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