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    <p>I want to create a simple report that counts the files we receive from our suppliers. Each file is named after the airport (supplier) goods are shipped from i.e.</p> <pre><code>CUU~&lt;part_number&gt;~20120401.TXT YVR~&lt;part_number&gt;~20120402.TXT LAX~&lt;part_number&gt;~20120402.TXT </code></pre> <p>In a nutshell, the files we receive come to us in zipped form from a Microsoft Windows server. They get dropped on our Linux RH server and we decompress them with <code>unzip -o filename.zip -d target_directory</code>.</p> <p>My code looks into the target directory where the files are decompressed:</p> <pre><code> find . -name '*TXT' -exec ls '{}' \; |awk -F~ '{print $1"\t"$3}'|sort|uniq -c &gt;report.out </code></pre> <p>The output tells me that no files were received from YVR since March 22nd. Narrowing the search to <code>find . -name 'YVR*TXT'</code> produces the same result: no files since 3/22. </p> <p>My counterpart for YVR tells me that they FTPed files every day to us and emailed me his log file to prove it. I checked the FTP directory with the files are dropped and the permissions are all <code>+rwx</code>. I also checked the zip file contained the TXT files with <code>unzip -t zipfilename</code> and no problems are found.</p> <p>I want to try using the TXT file timestamp instead in my report but I am not clear how. What it the best way to make a report that counts the number of files received by day and by airport code?</p> <p>TIA,</p> <p>Chris.</p> <p>PS: My <code>find</code> has <code>printf</code> and my system has <code>stat</code>. Can I use either?</p>
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    1. CODoes `find . -name 'YVR*201203*.TXT'` give you any output? Does your version of `find` have the `-printf` feature? Do you have a `stat` command on your system?
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    2. COYes, `find YVR...` outputs the same low count of files. What will `stat` tell me that `file` cannot?
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    3. CO"same low count"? I was under the impression you weren't getting any. The `file` command only guesses at the type of file it is using heuristics. It doesn't provide any other information. But I presume that you meant `find`. If your `find` has `-printf` then it can give you the same information as `stat`.
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