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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers List the files whole length is < 5 in a directory Post 302437634 by dr.house on Thursday 15th of July 2010 03:46:10 PM
Old 07-15-2010
Nore sure what you mean by "file length", but how about ...

Code:
#!/bin/bash

for FILE in $( ls . )
do
  if [ -f $FILE ] && [ $( wc -c $FILE | awk '{print $1}' ) -lt 5 ]
  then
    echo "$FILE"
  fi
done

exit 0
#finis

Code:
ls -ps | grep -v '/' | awk '($1<5) {print $2}'

Last edited by dr.house; 07-15-2010 at 05:06 PM.. Reason: 2nd version added
 

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wc

WC(1)									FSF								     WC(1)

NAME

       wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files

SYNOPSIS

       wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print  byte, word, and newline counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -,
       read standard input.

       -c, --bytes
	      print the byte counts

       -m, --chars
	      print the character counts

       -l, --lines
	      print the newline counts

       -L, --max-line-length
	      print the length of the longest line

       -w, --words
	      print the word counts

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for wc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and wc programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
       mand

	      info wc

       should give you access to the complete manual.

wc (coreutils) 4.5.3						   February 2003							     WC(1)
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