1. Programming

Hi all, I've got a problem, what function do i use to list the contents of all the directory tree (simular to "find")? Any other suggestions? Thank you all (3 Replies)

2. Programming

hi i have modified a program to display directory entries recursively in a tree like form i need an output with the following guidelines: the prog displays the contents of the directory the directory contents are sorted before printing so that directories come before regular files if an entry... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm currently trying to write a script that will do the following: search a given directory tree for a file with MMDDYYYY in the name. delete those files only. I can't figure out how to make the script delete the files with the MMDDYYYY in the filename after finding them. Should I export... (7 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, The following is a script for displaying directory tree. D=${1:-`pwd`} (cd $D; pwd) find $D -type d -print | sort | sed -e "s,^$D,,"\ -e "/^$/d"\ -e "s,*/\(*\)$,\:-----\1,"\ -e "s,*/,: ,g" | more exit 0 I am trying to understand the above script.But... (3 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Is this possible? Let me know If I need specify further on what I am trying to do- I just want to spare you the boring details of my personal file management. Thanks in advance- Brian- (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi I have a directory structure like Parent Parent/child1/ Parent/child2/ Parent/child3/ and the each main directory contains Parent/child1/file1.txt, Parent/child1/fil2.zip ....... Parent/child2/file1.txt,Parent/child/fil2.zip ...... Now i want to traverse to each and want to... (1 Reply)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

find . -type d -print 2>/dev/null|awk '!/\.$/ {for (i=1;i<NF;i++){d=length($i);if ( d < 5 && i != 1 )d=5;printf("%"d"s","|")}print "---"$NF}' FS='/' Can someone explain how this works..?? How can i add directory size to be listed in the above command's output..?? (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

How do I write a bash or ruby or perl or groovy script to print all the files in my directory tree that are one-to-two years old, the size of each file, and the sum of file sizes and then delete them? I was using find . -atime +365 -exec rm '{}' \; but the problem was that I could not... (5 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi friends, Hello again :) i got stuck in problem. Is there any way to get a special directory from directory tree? Here is my problm.." Suppose i have one fix directory structure "/abc/xyz/pqr/"(this will be fix).Under this directory structure i have some other directory and... (6 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I wish to traverse the latest to the oldest directory based on its timestamp. ls -ltr drwxr-x--- 3 admin bel 1024 Jan 22 02:29 sys drwxr-x--- 2 admin bel 2048 Jan 22 02:30 admin drwxr-x--- 10 admin bel 24576 Jan 23 21:31 bin For the above i need to cd first to... (2 Replies)