I don't get the scenario of this given code. All I wanted is to compare the files that is given below. But, in this script nothings happen. I assume that this given code can executed wherever like in /root and it will run. Please check this out.
#!/bin/bash
for file in /var/files/sub/old/*
do
# Strip path from file name
file="${file##*/}"
# Strip everything after the first hyphen
prefix="${file%%-*}-"
# Strip everything before the second-to-last dot
suffix="$(echo $file | awk -F. '{ print "."$(NF-1)"."$NF }')"
# Create new file name from $prefix and $suffix, and any version number
new=$(echo "/var/files/new/${prefix}"*"${suffix}")
# If file exists in the 'new' folder:
if test -f "${new}"
then
# Do string comparison to see if new file is lexicographically "greater than" old
if [[ "${new##*/}" > "${file}" ]]
then
# If so, delete the old version.
rm /var/sub/files/old/"${file}"
else
# 'new' file is NOT newer, delete it instead.
rm "${new}"
fi
fi
done
# Move all new files into the old folder.
mv /var/files/new/* /var/files/sub/old/
Example files inside of each sub- directories ..
/var/files/sub/old/
firefox-24.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
firefox-24.5.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
google-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
google-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
/var/files/new/
firefox-25.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
firefox-25.5.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
ie-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
ie-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
ie-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
google-2.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
In this instance, I want to get the files that are the same. So the files that are the same in the given example are:
firefox-24.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
firefox-24.5.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
google-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
in the old/
directory and for the new/
directory the equivalents are:
firefox-25.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
firefox-25.5.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
google-2.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
The files have similarity for their first characters. It will display in the terminal. After that, there will be another comparing again of the files and the comparison is about which file is more updated one by the number after the name of the file like: firefox-24.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
compared with firefox-25.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
. So in that instance the firefox-24.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
will be replaced by firefox-25.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
because it has a greater value and more updated one and same as other files that are similar. And if the old one is removed and the new will take replacement of it.
So at this moment after the script has been executed the output will be like this.
/var/files/sub/old/
google-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
firefox-25.5.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
firefox-25.5.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
ie-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
ie-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
ie-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
google-2.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
/var/files/new/
<<empty all files here must to moved to other directory take as a replacement>>
Can anyone help me to make a script for this ? above is just an example. Let's assume that there are lots of files to considered as similar and need to removed and moved.