in reply to Re^2: list files based on age and pattern
in thread list files based on age and pattern

To test for files older than 15 mins use ... and (-M) > 1.0 / 96 in your grep.

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Re^4: list files based on age and pattern
by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Sep 16, 2013 at 10:38 UTC

    To test for files older than 15 mins use ... and (-M) > 1.0 / 96 in your grep.

    That's a pretty strong obfu to someone who is not fluent with the -M file test.

    It is definitely worth a comment in your code what you meant to do/'re doing there. ;-)

    Cheers, Sören

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      You mean, pointing out that -M units are days and that a day has 24 * 4 = 96 intervals of 15 minutes?

        You mean, pointing out that -M units are days and that a day has 24 * 4 = 96 intervals of 15 minutes?

        Nah, just saying "this tests for files older than 15 minutes" because "... and (-M) > 1.0 / 96 " simply does not look that way.

        Advice was to the OP, as you already said so in your post.

        Cheers, Sören

        Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
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