bash: syntax error near unexpected token `|'

Question

This command works well in command prompt :

 ]$ ls -ltr ../cmxserver.log*|grep "`date | awk '{print $2" "$3}'`"|cut -d "/" -f2
 cmxserver.log.2
 cmxserver.log.1
 cmxserver.log

However, using this in for loop gives error bash: syntax error near unexpected token `|'

   ]$for y in `ls -ltr ../cmxserver.log*|grep "`date | awk '{print $2" "$3}'`"|cut -d "/" -f2`

 -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `|'

Any idea ?

Thanks

Answer 1

The whole line can be solved by find command:

find .. -maxdepth 1 -mtime -1 -daystart -name 'cmxserver.log*' -printf "%f\n"

• .. - directory where to search
• -maxdepth 1 - don't go recursive to subdirectories
• -mtime -1 - only today's files
• -daystart - count the day since midnight, not last 24 hrs
• -name 'cmxserver.log*' - filenames
• -printf "%f\n" - print only basename