Searching list of entries in file for actual files in dir

not4google · #1 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006

Hi all,

I have a file entries.txt that contains a number of entries all on seperate lines e.g.

test1
test2
test3
test4

Then in a directory called /TestFiles I have a number of files that could contain the above text in the file name

e.g. qwertytest1.csv qwertytest2.csv qwertytest3.csv

How can I search the entries.txt to see if if the entries exist in the TestFiles directory?

Thanks,

Glenn Arndt · #2 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006

Code:

while read entry; do
  for f in /TestFiles/*$entry*; do
    print "Found $f"
  done
done < entries.txt

anbu23 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006

Code:

ls /TestFiles/* | grep -f entries.txt

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