Du command not able to read file.

UNIX for Beginners Q & A
1

hi
when i am trying to check the file size using du command in shell script but getting a below error, although the file is present

du: cannot access `LOGS_18-08-20.tar.gz': No such file or directory

below is snippet of script

cd /home
dt=$(date --date="yesterday" +"%y-%m-%d")
du  "LOGS_$dt.tar.gz"
2

Is LOGS_18-08-20.tar.gz in /home ?
What do you get when you type

echo /home/LOGS_*.gz

Andrew

3

hi Andrew
yes file is in /home

this command o/p gives me

 echo /home/LOGS_*.gz

I get

 /home/LOGS_2018-08-20.tar.gz
4

The file is /home/LOGS_2018-08-20.tar.gz and you are looking for /home/LOGS_18-08-20.tar.gz . Change the %y in your script to %Y and try again.

Andrew

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