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# 1  
Old 01-19-2009
error with find
for FNAME in `find . -type f -exec grep -il unixs317 {} \;`; do C=`grep -c unixs317 ${FNAME}`; echo "${C}:${FNAME}" >> output.txt; done

When I run this command and a directory is empty it is returning an error and just does nothing more.

How can I continue with my search even when it find no matches and a directory is empty
# 2  
Old 01-19-2009
The command sequence is very hard to follow.
What is the exact error you see?
What is the script meant to do?

Are you trying to find all files in the current directory tree which contain the string "unixs317" and output the count of "unixs317" in each named file to output.txt ?
# 3  
Old 01-20-2009
Agree with methyl and use code tags so that the posted commands are easy to follow. Here is an alternative way of writing your command line
Code:
find . -type f -exec grep -il unixs317 {} \; | while read FNAME; do
   C=`grep -c unixs317 ${FNAME}`
   echo "${C}:${FNAME}" >> output.txt
done

# 4  
Old 01-27-2009
why won't this do what he wants:

find . -type f -exec grep -ic unix317 /dev/null {} \; | grep -v /dev/null >> output.txt

It looks like all he wants is a count and a file name....
Last edited by quirkasaurus; 01-27-2009 at 02:21 PM.. Reason: -h not always working....
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