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ls -tr gives you the files sorted by time in reverse order (oldest first), just check the man pages for 'ls'.<br />
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In ksh I would do something like this:<br />
<br />
ls -tr | while read -r line<br />
do<br />
if [ -f $line ] ; then<br />
&lt;your move&gt;<br />
sleep 20<br />
fi<br />
done<br />
<br />
The if ... just makes sure that it is a file and not a directory ...<br />
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Werner
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ls -tr gives you the files sorted by time in reverse order (oldest first), just check the man pages for 'ls'.

In ksh I would do something like this:

ls -tr | while read -r line
do
if [ -f $line ] ; then
<your move>
sleep 20
fi
done

The if ... just makes sure that it is a file and not a directory ...

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Werner

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I guess we will see a few more universal suggestions soon.<br />
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Werner
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I guess we will see a few more universal suggestions soon.

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Werner

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I have places an cp ( copy command ) instead mv ( move )<br />
for you to test.<br />
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&nbsp; Regards
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I have places an cp ( copy command ) instead mv ( move )
for you to test.

  Regards

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Does exactly what I need and exits correctly. thansk jq
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Does exactly what I need and exits correctly. thansk jq

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I would like to move all the files in a directory, one at a time in 20 second internals with the files with the oldest date/time 1st and continue until finished. I know I can do the whole directory by<br />
mv `ls /DIR/FILE*` /DIR2/<br />
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thanks &nbsp; 
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I would like to move all the files in a directory, one at a time in 20 second internals with the files with the oldest date/time 1st and continue until finished. I know I can do the whole directory by
mv `ls /DIR/FILE*` /DIR2/

thanks   

moving files one at a time by oldest time to youngest  time

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