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I used this command to my script to find specific files and to moved to different folder, however, i would need to generate a log of which file/s i have moved.



find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ;


Please help how/what to add to that command to be able to generate a log.









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    I used this command to my script to find specific files and to moved to different folder, however, i would need to generate a log of which file/s i have moved.



    find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ;


    Please help how/what to add to that command to be able to generate a log.









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      I used this command to my script to find specific files and to moved to different folder, however, i would need to generate a log of which file/s i have moved.



      find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ;


      Please help how/what to add to that command to be able to generate a log.









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      I used this command to my script to find specific files and to moved to different folder, however, i would need to generate a log of which file/s i have moved.



      find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ;


      Please help how/what to add to that command to be able to generate a log.







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          You can just add an echo command to write to a log file, i.e.



          find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ; -exec echo mv {} $4 >> /path/to/log ;


          If you want less information, just modify the final -exec block, e.g. -exec echo {} >> /path/to/log ;





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            You can just add an echo command to write to a log file, i.e.



            find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ; -exec echo mv {} $4 >> /path/to/log ;


            If you want less information, just modify the final -exec block, e.g. -exec echo {} >> /path/to/log ;





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              You can just add an echo command to write to a log file, i.e.



              find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ; -exec echo mv {} $4 >> /path/to/log ;


              If you want less information, just modify the final -exec block, e.g. -exec echo {} >> /path/to/log ;





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                You can just add an echo command to write to a log file, i.e.



                find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ; -exec echo mv {} $4 >> /path/to/log ;


                If you want less information, just modify the final -exec block, e.g. -exec echo {} >> /path/to/log ;





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                You can just add an echo command to write to a log file, i.e.



                find $1* -prune -name "*.$2" -mtime +$3 -exec mv {} $4 ; -exec echo mv {} $4 >> /path/to/log ;


                If you want less information, just modify the final -exec block, e.g. -exec echo {} >> /path/to/log ;






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