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The syntax of the forfiles statement is:

<pre>
forfiles logical_name=file_spec
         [sortby=attribute-name[,ascending | descending]]
         [msecs=yes | no]
  ...
  UDM commands
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end
</pre>

logical_name is the logical name of a transfer server.

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To obtain a file list, sorted by creation date (earliest to latest):

<pre>
forfiles src=*.txt sortby=createdate
    # Do some stuff
end
</pre>

Top obtain a file list, ordered by file size from largest to smallest:

<pre>
forfiles src=*.exe sortby=size,descending
    # Do some more stuff
end
</pre>

An error would be produced if sortby was present without a value or if it referred to an attribute that does not exist for the _file variable.
 

To display modification times and timestamps for a list of files in the current directory with an extension of *.txt:

<pre>
forfiles src=*.txt fileattrib=yes msecs=yes
   echo $(_file) ": " $(_file.modtime) ", " $(_file.modtimestamp)
end
</pre>

Detailed Information

The following pages provide detailed information for the Universal Data Mover forfiles statement:

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