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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Move same files and issue ls -al command on remaining files Post 302503954 by methyl on Saturday 12th of March 2011 06:11:55 PM
Old 03-12-2011
The problem is that "ls -a" includes the directories "." and ".." .
Hint: "ls -A" does not include "." and ".." .


If you want a directory list of only the files in the directory and don't want anything from subdirectories it gets a little more complicated. This example script is will allow for filenames containing space characters and also avoids descending directory trees. The method assumes that you don't have a version of the find command which has the "-maxdepth" parameter. I've also avoided an open-ended "for" command which is prone to failure in some Operating System versions (e.g. some AIX).
Redirecting STDERR (channel 2) allows for there to be no match.

Code:
ls -Ad "$1"/* 2>/dev/null | while read file
do
    if [ -f "${file}" ]
    then
          ls -lad "${file}"
    fi
done

 

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uupick

uupick(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 uupick(8)

NAME

       uupick - retrieve files transferred by uuto

SYNOPSIS

       uupick [-s system] [--system system]

DESCRIPTION

       The uupick program is used to conveniently retrieve files transferred by the uuto program.

       For each file transferred by uuto, uupick will display the source system, the file name, and whether the name refers to a regular file or a
       directory.  It will then wait for the user to specify an action to take.  One of the following commands must be entered:

       `q'
	    Quit out of `uupick'.

       `RETURN'
	    Skip the file.

       `m [directory]'
	    Move the file or directory to the specified directory.  If no
	    directory is specified, the file is moved to the current directory.

       `a [directory]'
	    Move all files from this system to the specified directory.  If no
	    directory is specified, the files are moved to the current
	    directory.

       `p'
	    List the file on standard output.

       `d'
	    Delete the file.

       `! [command]'
	    Execute `command' as a shell escape.

OPTIONS

       -s system, --system system
	    Used to restrict `uupick' to only present files transferred from a particular system.

       Standard UUCP options:

       -x type, --debug type
	    Turn on particular debugging types.  The following types are recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake, uucp-proto, proto,  port,  config,
	    spooldir, execute, incoming, outgoing.

       -I file, --config
	    Set configuration file to use.

       -v, --version
	    Report version information and exit.

       --help
	    Print a help message and exit.

SEE ALSO

       uucp(1), uuto(1)

AUTHOR

       Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>.  Text for this Manpage comes from Taylor UUCP, version 1.07 Info documentation.

								 Taylor UUCP 1.07							 uupick(8)
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