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Old 10-02-2007
file permissions using shell scripting

Hi
I am trying to use shell script to display file permissions, and I can do it fine for the current user logged in, but now I want to view all file permissions for the Owner of the file, Group users and everyone, so it will look something like this:
-----------------READ WRITE EXECUTE
OWNER Username ---YES---YES---NO
GROUP USERS ---YES---NO---NO
EVERYBODY ---NO----NO---NO

Below is what I have so far.
Code:
echo -n "please enter file name : "
read file 
[ -w $file ] && W="Write = yes" || W="Write = No"
[ -x $file ] && X="Execute = yes" || X="Execute = No" 
[ -r $file ] && R="Read = yes" || R="Read = No" 
echo "$file permissions $W $R $X"

so my question is how do I find out the other permissions of the file?.

Any hints of tips would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Last edited by barbus; 10-02-2007 at 05:52 AM..
# 2  
Old 10-02-2007
Finding permissions

I confess I think you are making life overly difficult for yourself.

To display the owner, group and permissions on a bunch of files you can use find to get the files and then exec to display the info.....

find <dir> -exec ls -l {}\;

If you want to chop out different columns from the ls -l output then awk will be a good avenue of exploration.

I think that rwxr-wr-- is just as understandable as
yesyesyyes yesnoyes yesnono

If you do not want to include dirs in the find then...

find <dir> ! -type d -exec ls -l {}\;
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Old 10-02-2007
I could do this easy with awk, but my unreasonable employer wont let me use with awk or sed Smilie.

He wants a simple script to view it with yes no so other non IT related departments can understand it.

but thx for the reply, ill try out your sugession.
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Old 10-02-2007
how would i search the strings like rwxr-wr--, or put it in a variable. if i can achieve this i can just search the string for certain characters and print out statment based on those characters.
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Old 10-02-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by barbus
I could do this easy with awk, but my unreasonable employer wont let me use with awk or sed Smilie.
Your teacher is now your employer ?

Jean-Pierre.
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Old 10-02-2007
I started working here last week, and it’s a trainee position, where I am expected to under take a course which is involves doing these tedious tasks as part of the job, my boss is kinda my teacher, I should have said mentor though its still the same thing.

And doesn’t want me using awk or sed as they “promote laziness from programmer prospective” -_-


is it possible to redirect the string of permissions like rwxr-wr-- to a variable/tmp?

Last edited by barbus; 10-02-2007 at 07:18 AM..
# 7  
Old 10-02-2007
my condolences for a poor choice in employment...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Anonymous
"Efficiency is intelligent laziness."
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