I would like to keep only the last 8 counts, meaning throw away the oldest data & just keep the last 8 records.

This could honestly be open to interpretation. I took it as what he really needed was the last 8 records thats currently in the directory. Anyways, Thanks for pointing that out, I retract any and all suggestions.

EDIT: Hi James, Rata, Thanks for the inputs. However, I thin k this will work in a single run of the script

Even the OP stated this would work, but he needed it to run every hour, so I modified it somewhat to show him another way. I am only giving suggestions/opinions/options in hopes it will make him think/tinker more and figure it out on his own. I also search for code and modify it as I need IF I cant figure it out myself.

In reply to Re^7: Rolling variable by james28909
in thread Rolling variable by artperl

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