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From: johnjulian1@netscape.net
Subject: RE: Find command in shell script
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:19:56 -0400
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To: "\"Rowan Eppelstun\"" <reppelstun@yahoo.com.au>, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org

remove the double quotes from FILENAME="'200206*.pdg'"
remove the single quotes from '{}'
remove the single quotes from ';' and preceed the ; with \   ie \;

"Rowan Eppelstun" <reppelstun@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am trying to do the following command in a script but cannot seem to get
>the escape characters right for the find - exec mv command.
>
>I am trying to move all files named 200206*.pdf to a subdirectory of their
>currnet directory called "jun". Once I get the syntax correct for this I
>will automate it for the year, but have got stuck at this bit.
>
>Could anyone please advise what I am missing.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-------------
>#!/bin/sh
>
>MONTH='date +%m'
>DATE='date +%Y%m'
>DIR=/home/rowan/eod/2002/ba
>
>if DATE=200206; then FILENAME="'200206*.pdf'"
>fi
>
>if MONTH=06 ; then MONDIR=$DIR/jun/
>fi
>
>cd $DIR
>
>pwd
>
>find ./ -name $FILENAME -exec mv -f '{}' $MONDIR ';'
>
>exit 0
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
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