Hello people,

Need help !!! What am I doing wrong here ?

I am writing a function to recursively list the files under a folder and it's sub-folders. Problem is once it list the files under the innermost folder, it terminates. What do I need to do so that it returns and list files under the other folders under the topmost folder. Below please find the method declaration:

############################################
listfiles()
############################################
{
dir=$1

echo "Listing files under folder $dir"
files=`ls -1 $dir`

for file in `echo $files`
do
if [ -d $dir/$file ]; then
#recursive call
listfiles $dir/$file
fi

echo $dir/$file
done
}

Regards,
T.

Is it because the value of the variable "files" is getting overwritten in each recursive call? Do I have to make the variable name dynamic instead of "files" ?

Regards,
T.

wouldn't it be easier to do 'find . -type f' ?

Thanks vgersh99.
I should have posted this query much earlier instead of breaking me head :-)

Regards,
T.