how to match a date in array of date and grep that text file

Question

I have to search a specific date of data among more than 1 files  like I have 5 files with different dates 01-05-2014 10-05-2014 15-05-2014 01-06-2014and 08-06-2014 and date to search is 17-05-2014 will exist in file with creation/modification date 15-05-2014. so how can I do this? please suggest me. thanks for your help

Wim Sturkenboom · Answer

This should get you started: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10663641/grep-with-f-like-in-php Loop through all the files; if preg_grep returns an array you've found the file and can do whatever you want to do with it. See also: http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-grep.php http://php.net/manual/en/function.file.php