Find files in Directories

steiner · #1 (**permalink**) 04-01-2005

Hello,

We have in a file a list of the path of files from one server.
We want to search if these files exist on another server , but the path on this new server isn't the same.

We want to use the command "awk" but there isn't the god way.

Example:
on server 1 in a file : listServer1.txt we have
/toto/titi/file.txt
/toto/titi/exam.txt

On server 2 we want to search on
/bbb/gggg/file.txt
/bbb/gggg/exam.txt

Can someone help us with this little problem

Thanks...

Just Ice · #2 (**permalink**) 04-01-2005

On the remote server, find the directory that file.txt resides in ...

you can ...

Code:

find / -name "file.txt" -exec ls {} \;

or if the file path will always be /dir/subdir/file.txt, you can ...

Code:

ls -l /*/*/file.txt

sglinux · #3 (**permalink**) 04-02-2005

find . -type f -print | grep file.txt
find * -type f -print | grep file.txt
find / -type f -print | grep file.txt

zazzybob · #4 (**permalink**) 04-02-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by sglinux

find . -type f -print | grep file.txt
find * -type f -print | grep file.txt
find / -type f -print | grep file.txt

No need for the grep....

find / -name "file.txt" -type f -exec ls -l {} \;

Looking at your input file, s script such as the following should get you started....

Code:

#!/bin/ksh

while read line; do
   filename=${line##*/}
   wcho "Finding filename: ${filename}"
   find . -name "${filename}" -type f -exec ls -l {} \; 2>/dev/null
done < filelist

exit 0

Cheers
ZB

Just Ice · #5 (**permalink**) 04-02-2005

looking for all the files in the list will confirm that you have the right directory but ... if there's one file in your list that you know does not exist anywhere else --- just find the directory that file resides in and you're there already ...

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