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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting find command with wildcard directory Post 302533014 by srini0603 on Wednesday 22nd of June 2011 03:20:18 PM
Old 06-22-2011
find command with wildcard directory
I want to look if there is any file inside a specific directory which was modified before 2 days.

I wrote the find command, but the problem is there is one directory and that is a random directory generated by unix, so not sure on how to code for that on the find command.
Code:
find /Production/ST/st*/Outbound/Prod/PROD-*/bcfa0dbbcf17f28c768d1d34da6b48a4/PGP -name '*.*' -mtime +2
find /Production/ST/st*/Outbound/Prod/PROD-*/63acf2caf91bc136cb9bcce8a85c7fa8/PGP -name '*.*' -mtime +2

the folders bcfa0dbbcf17f28c768d1d34da6b48a4 and 63acf2caf91bc136cb9bcce8a85c7fa8 are random and generated by unix.

there are several hundreds of folders like this, so I want a generic soultion to code for the random directory

any help would be appreciated as this is urgent.
Last edited by Franklin52; 06-22-2011 at 04:29 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 

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list_directory

list directory(1m)														list directory(1m)

NAME

       list directory - Displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name

SYNOPSIS

       cdscp list directory directory-name [with attribute-name = attribute-value]

ARGUMENTS

       The  full  name	of  a specific directory.  The last simple name can contain wildcard characters.  The name of a particular attribute.  The
       value of a particular attribute.

DESCRIPTION

       The list directory command displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name.  The last simple name can
       contain	wildcards.   You  can use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause to limit output only to directories whose attributes have
       values equal to the specified values.  A space must precede and follow the = (equals sign).

   Privilege Required
       You must have read permission to the parent directory.  If you use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause in the command, you  also
       need read or test permission to the selected directories.

NOTE

       This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.

EXAMPLE

       The following command displays the names of all the directories in the /.:/sales directory: cdscp> list directory /.:/sales/*

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