archive_files.sh

#!/bin/bash
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#$revision:001$
#Fri Oct 20 10:26:51 IST 2023

#variables
BASE=/home/pushpit/newfolder
DAYS=10
DEPTH=1
RUN=0

set -x

#check if the directory is present or not
if [ ! -d $BASE ]
then
	echo "directory does not exist: $BASE"
	exit 1
fi

#create 'archive' folder if not present
if [ ! -d $BASE/archive ]
then
	mkdir $BASE/archive
fi

#Find the list of files larger than 20MB
for i in `find $BASE -maxdepth $DEPTH -type f -size +20KB`
do
	if [ $RUN -eq 0 ]
	then
		echo "[$(date "+Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] archiving $i ==> $BASE/archive"
		gzip $i || exit 1
		mv $i.gz $BASE/archive || exit 1
	fi
done