To search for all files with group write permission you can use
The difference between -exec and xargs are subtle. The first one will execute the program once per file, while xargs can handle several files with each process. However, xargs may have problems with files that contain embedded spaces.
And here there are more, find the FIND tutorial in this link from the database:
I'm developing a generic script to catenate all files found in a given directory.
The problem I've got is that the depth of the given directory is unknown, so I end up with some catenated directories. My unix isn't that hot and I'm at a loss.
Heres an extract from the script
cd $1
for i in... (4 Replies)
Hi guys,
I have one problem.
I need collect the list files along with the file permissions in all directories in one server.
Is their any easy way to collect using any commands or any scripts?
Advance Thanks
:) (2 Replies)
How can I recursively list file permission including all subdirectories and save the result to a file. I also want to exclude certain file type such as *.log.
All I need is the UID and GID of each of the files/folders output to a text file.
Any ideas, any help very much apperciated. (1 Reply)
Hi, I am creating a ksh script to search for a string of text inside files within a directory tree. Some of these file are going to be read/execute only. I know to use chmod to change the permissions of the file, but I want to preserve the original permissions after writing to the file. How can I... (3 Replies)
Does anyone have any idea of how I can make something like the code below run recursively?
I'll run it on a tree of directories all with different names and all containing a sequence of .dpx files. I've tried to do it using find and exec but can't get it to work right.
What it needs to do is... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
The script below read the path and searches for the directories/subdirectories and for the files. If files are found in the sub directories then read the content of the all files and put the content in csv(comma delimted) format and the call the write to xml function to write the
std... (1 Reply)
I am attempting to get a baseline of deployed RHEL 6.5 servers and need to produce a full filesystem permission settings list.....but I forgot the bloody command and am racking my brain and now have a migraine.
I just need a simple list starting at "/" right down the tree, listing the folder,... (3 Replies)
Greetings!
Being a curious sort, I'm trying to get a numerical representation of a directory tree's permissions; in similar manner to the commonly-called ls -l command.
On that note, here's what cobbled out through the "digital interface" this afternoon:find ./directory/ -name '*' -exec stat... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have got a file with 6K records and I want to delete 500 records from this file which match the values present in another file.
Format of the both the files is different.
Example : File 1 record
CCCCCC 11292562ABCDEF MBR/PSF6/108100502/BEN01XXX XXX
Example : File 2 record... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Nikhath
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
xargs
XARGS(1) General Commands Manual XARGS(1)NAME
xargs - construct argument list(s) and execute utility
SYNOPSIS
xargs [ -t ][[ -x ] -n number ][ -s size ][ utility [ arguments... ]]
DESCRIPTION
The xargs utility reads space, tab, newline and end-of-file delimited arguments from the standard input and executes the specified utility
with them as arguments.
The utility and any arguments specified on the command line are given to the utility upon each invocation, followed by some number of the
arguments read from standard input. The utility is repeatedly executed until standard input is exhausted.
Spaces, tabs and newlines may be embedded in arguments using single (`` ' '') or double (``"'') quotes or backslashes (``''). Single
quotes escape all non-single quote characters, excluding newlines, up to the matching single quote. Double quotes escape all non-double
quote characters, excluding newlines, up to the matching double quote. Any single character, including newlines, may be escaped by a back-
slash.
The options are as follows:
-n number Set the maximum number of arguments taken from standard input for each invocation of the utility. An invocation of utility will
use less than number standard input arguments if the number of bytes accumulated (see the s option) exceeds the specified size or
there are fewer than number arguments remaining for the last invocation of utility. The current default value for number is
5000.
-s size Set the maximum number of bytes for the command line length provided to utility. The sum of the length of the utility name and
the arguments passed to utility (including /dev/null terminators) will be less than or equal to this number. The current default
value for size is ARG_MAX - 2048.
-t Echo the command to be executed to standard error immediately before it is executed.
-x Force xargs to terminate immediately if a command line containing number arguments will not fit in the specified (or default)
command line length.
If no utility is specified, echo(1) is used.
Undefined behavior may occur if utility reads from the standard input.
The xargs utility exits immediately (without processing any further input) if a command line cannot be assembled, utility cannot be
invoked, an invocation of the utility is terminated by a signal or an invocation of the utility exits with a value of 255.
The xargs utility exits with a value of 0 if no error occurs. If utility cannot be invoked, xargs exits with a value of 127. If any other
error occurs, xargs exits with a value of 1.
SEE ALSO echo(1), find(1)STANDARDS
The xargs utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2("POSIX") compliant.
June 6, 1993 XARGS(1)