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Shonky, Thank you so much for that brilliant answer. The reason that I was bashing my head against it was because I was convinced that the problem was with the syntax or the string-quoting of the variable being passed into the find command. I hadn'
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Perhaps a more canonical approach would be using date and stat: Code:
cutoff=$((`date +%s`-64800))
age=`stat -c %Y "$testfile"`
# or, if your date command supports it:
# age=`date -r "$testfile" +%s`
if [ $age -gt $cutoff ]
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He's using it as a sort of filter -- if the file is less than 18hrs old, the find command filters out the filename.
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Why are you even using the "find" command in there? "find" is for locating files when you are uncertain of the exact path. But in the example here, at least, you do know the exact path. So what are you trying to have it do? Ch
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The problem is that when your file is older than 18 hours your find command returns the filename not a true/false. So you end up with Code:
if [ /Users/tonyfabris/Documents/Test Folder/test-file ]
which has two "parameters" hence the
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I just realized I punned unintentionally, but now I know why they call it "bash".
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Hey friends. I've been bashing my head against this one for a while, including doing a lot of googling and searching of StackOverflow. I'm hoping one of you kind folks can help with some expertise. I have an "If" statement containing a &qu
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Hey Roger - Thanks for the note (and the Empeg site is back up too!) I also came to find that I'm not getting emails notifying me of replies and such. Erp. Sorry for the delay -- but thanks again for helping with my brainfart. :P -Ben
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What did you think you'd want to get price-wise? I could use some spare parts for my currently operational Empeg Mk2's. -Ben p.s. you can also email me at [email protected] -- I've realized I'm not getting notifications from the BBS. (need
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Y'all. Having moved to a new floating home, I determined that I do not'have a place for my Empegs/s. Nor do I have time to re-immerse myself in Empeg setup, Emplode, et cetera. In my Ballard storage unit I have a large tote containing 3 Mk2/a, as
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