On 7/31/07, Mark Haney <mhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 31.07.2007, 11:00 -0400 schrieb Miner, Jonathan W (CSC) ... > > [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > for n in $(seq 10 40); do touch XXXX20070515_112011_942_${n}.bz2; done > > [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > rm XXXX20070515_112011_942_11.bz2 > > [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > rm XXXX20070515_112011_942_22.bz2 > > [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > rm XXXX20070515_112011_942_33.bz2 > > [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > for n in $(seq 10 40); do if [ ! -e *_${n}.bz2 ]; then echo NOT FOUND: $n; fi; done > > NOT FOUND: 11 > > NOT FOUND: 22 > > NOT FOUND: 33 > > [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > > > > > Good luck. > > I think this would probably work except I really need to know which ones > are out of sequence as is, changing the filename would eliminate that > capability and the missing files are the ones I need. See, I'm > receiving the files from a separate server and they are sent to me in > this format. I need to know which ones I /don't/ receive so I know > which ones I need to have resent. Make sense? Yes. But you must have a pattern with which we can compare your received files. Which is the exact pattern? If you have this clear, we can probably solve the problem with bash. Waiting... ---------------------------------------------- Rodolfo Alcazar - rodolfo.alcazar@xxxxxxxxxxxx 591-70656800, -22417628, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA otbits.blogspot.com / counter.li.org: #367962 ---------------------------------------------- - Save my friends! And Zoidberg! Bender