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Old 03-18-2015
How to find a filename of a folder?
Hi,

Please help me i have a file directory in .txt. inside this directory is a list of names of folders to find inside in a folder.

to make more easy to understand

below is my list inside .txt:
foldernameA
foldernameB
foldernameC

I need to check if those folder names are inside foldernameD if exist then execute.
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Old 03-18-2015
Hello cmarzan,

Following may help you in same but not tested though.
Code:
cat folder.ksh
FIRST_PATH=foldernameD
while read line
do
 PATH=$FIRST_PATH/$line
 if [[ -d $PATH ]]
 then
  echo $line " present in path " $PATH
 else
  echo $line " NOT present in path " $PATh
 fi
done < "Input_file"

Thanks,
R. Singh
 
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