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From: Dave V <dave@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] date-specific cp/mv
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:50:18
Message-Id: 20060928124157.c425f791.dave@mindkeep.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] date-specific cp/mv by darren kirby
1 I used to use this for moving old mail to an archive folder. Just change the directories, and you should be golden.
2 alias archive='find ~/.maildir/inbox/cur -mtime +30 -exec mv {} ~/.maildir/inbox/archive/cur/. \;'
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4 Dave
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6 On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:24:25 -0700
7 darren kirby <bulliver@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
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9 > quoth the maxim wexler:
10 > > Hi group,
11 > >
12 > > I'd like to be able to cp or mv certain files from a
13 > > dir according to their timestamp.
14 >
15 > Have a look at find. You can whip up a one-liner using the -atime, -mtime
16 > or -ctime tests (depending on your intent) and use -exec to do the cp or
17 > mv...
18 >
19 > > -Maxim
20 >
21 > -d
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23 > darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
24 > "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
25 > - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
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