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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting To find ls of similar pattern files in a directory by passing the variable. Post 302877203 by satishmallidi on Friday 29th of November 2013 01:08:12 AM
Old 11-29-2013
To find ls of similar pattern files in a directory by passing the variable.
Hi,

I have file in my $datadir as below :-
Code:
SAT_1.txt
SAT_2.txt
BAT_UD.lst
BAT_DD1.lst
DUTT_1.txt
DUTT_la.txt

Expected result :-
should get all the above file in $<Filename>_file.lst


Below is my code :-
Code:
 
for i in SAT BAT DUTT
do
touch a.lst
cd $datadir
ls -1 $i_* >> $i_file.lst
done

problem :-
ls -1 $i_* is getting read as ls -1 *

Am i missing anything ..Plz help me out.


Thanks inn advance.


Regards,
Satish.
Last edited by vbe; 11-29-2013 at 06:14 AM.. Reason: code tags please...
 

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XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)					      General Commands Manual						 XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)

NAME

       xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile - copy and move files via the X clipboard

SYNOPSIS

       xclip-copyfile [-p] FILES...

       xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES...

       xclip-pastefile

DESCRIPTION

       xclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories.

       xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards.

       -p     preserve path formation

       xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard

EXAMPLES

       Copying a file to a remote host

       [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1
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       [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
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       A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se

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       [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-copyfile doc
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