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http://www.unix.com – Hi.. i have a file ABC_*.txt in source directory which will come evry 30 min and same file will be moved to working directory first time ...and will perform some operations then we archive ABC_*.txt ..this will run for 30 min to 45 min from 2nd time onwards requirement is ...i need to check for the file in working directory ..if it is there then wait for till it is archived or else we need to move from source to working directory . thanks, Siva Santosh (HowTos)

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Hi , i have some files of specific pattern ...i need to look for files which are having size greater than zero and move those files to another directory..

Ex... abc_0702, abc_0709, abc_782 abc_1234 ...etc

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Thanks in advance..

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Code: flamingo:~ joliver$ sudo find / -nogroup find: /dev/fd/4: No such file or directory find: /home: No such file or directory find: /Library: No such file or directory find: /net: No such file or directory find: /Network: No such file or directory find: /private: No such file or directory find: /sbin: No such file or directory find: /System: No such file or directory find: /Users: No such