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09-27-2011

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[solved] Assistance to use ls and GREP

Hi

We have several folders and subfolders in a heirarchy, representing clients and files we send to them. Files that are not processed are placed in reject folder. I am able to run a LS that will scan all these folders, and ones that show entries (rejected files) are seen here. I am looking for a way ( | grep perhaps) that will only show the folder structures that have contents.

Here is my LS command:

Code:

ls -l BU/AD_*/ANTS*/SERVER/REJECT
I then get a list (there are like 200 clients) that looks like this:
 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
BU/BACAR/TASRO0034/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BACAR/TASRO0048/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BACAR/TASRO0109/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BACAR/TASRO0110/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BACAR/TASRO0111/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BAFINANCE/TASRO0005/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BAFINANCE/TASRO0006/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BAFINANCE/TASRO0038/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BAFINANCE/TASRO0050/SERVER/REJECT:
total 0
 
BU/BAFINANCE/TASRO0051/SERVER/REJECT:
total 96
-rw-r-----    1 xxxxxx xxxxxx          201 Aug 02 12:55 
testfile.asdasd 20110802_125518
-rw-r-----    1 xxxxxx xxxxxx         201 Aug 20 03:06 testfile.asdasd.20110820_030619
-rw-r-----    1 xxxxxx xxxxxx          5628 Aug 02 12:55 aircancr.points.20110802_125538
-rw-r-----    1 xxxxxx xxxxxx         3819 Aug 19 01:44 testfile.asdasd.20110819_014423
 
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

So i am looking for a way (| GREP or other at the end of the ls) to omit the folders that have no entries.

I have attempted to do
Code:

ls -l BU/AD_*/ANTS*/SERVER/REJECT | grep "!TOTAL 0"

but this doesnt work

Thanks for your time

Last edited by vbe; 09-27-2011 at 12:21 PM.. Reason: please use code tags next time

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gzgrep

GZGREP(1)						      General Commands Manual							 GZGREP(1)

NAME

       gzgrep, gzegrep, gzfgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression

SYNOPSIS

       gzgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...

DESCRIPTION

       gzgrep is used to invoke the grep on compress'ed or gzip'ed files. All options specified are passed directly to grep.  If no file is speci-
       fied, then the standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep.  Otherwise the given files are uncompressed	if  necessary  and
       fed to grep.

       If  gzgrep  is  invoked as gzegrep or gzfgrep then egrep or fgrep is used instead of grep.  If the GREP environment variable is set, gzgrep
       uses it as the grep program to be invoked. For example:

	   for sh:  GREP=fgrep	gzgrep string files
	   for csh: (setenv GREP fgrep; gzgrep string files)

AUTHOR

       Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)

SEE ALSO

       grep(1), egrep(1), fgrep(1), gzdiff(1), gzmore(1), gznew(1), gzforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1)

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWgzip	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Interface Stability | External	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES

       Source for gzip is available in the SUNWgzipS package.

																	 GZGREP(1)

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