new script to find oldest 25% of content for review

Author: jasonrandrews

tools/find-oldest-quarter.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Define the file names
+infile="outdated_files.csv"
+outfile="oldest-quarter.csv"
+
+if [ ! -f "$infile" ]; then
+    echo "Missing input file: $infile"
+    echo "Run 'python3 tools/maintenance.py -r 1' first to generate $infile"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the total number of lines in the file
+total_lines=$(wc -l < $infile)
+
+# Calculate the number of lines to be selected
+lines_to_select=$((total_lines / 4))
+
+# Sort the file by date and select the oldest lines
+oldest_lines=$(sort -t, -k2 -n -r $infile| head -n $lines_to_select)
+
+# Print the oldest lines
+echo "$oldest_lines" > $outfile
+
+old_count=$(wc -l < $outfile)
+
+echo "There are $old_count items to review in $outfile"
+