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Shell script for moving oldest files?
How do I write a script for moving just the 20 oldest files from one folder to another? Is there a way to grab the oldest files in a folder?
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How do I do a ls and then sort the results by date created?
In what order are the dated ordered by? Certainly not alphanumeric order.
ls -lt sorts by modification time. But I need creation time.
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Bash, remove oldest files
I`m trying to delete old files from directory and leave only 3 newest files.
cd /home/user1/test
while [ `ls -lAR | grep ^- | wc -l` < 3 ] ; do
rm `ls -t1 /home/user/test | tail -1`
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How to list files that were changed in a certain range of time?
How can I list recursively all files that were changed between 22.12.2011 and 24.12.2011?
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What file systems on Linux store the creation time?
Are there any (good known, reliable) file systems on Linux that store the creation time of files and directories in the i-node table?
If there are, is the "changed" time replaced by the creation ...
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How can I do a “copy if changed” operation?
I would like to copy a set of files from directory A to directory B, with the caveat that if a file in directory A is identical to a file in directory B, that file should not be copied (and thus its ...
