is ok i used it before but our Customer said us to use xargs because it's more efficient and quicker.
Your original post uses find -print0 and xargs -0. Is your customer using a GNU userland? If not, those extensions are probably not supported. If they are using a GNU userland and if that's all that needs to be supported, then Don Cragun already gave you the answer.
Why is your customer dictating to you how to solve a problem? I'm inclined to think that they should dismiss you if they know more than you.
Hello friends,
I am compiling some set of SQL scripts in a set of sub directories demoed as below. After compiling log files are being created.
Each and every time after compiling time I had to go subdir by subdir to delete the log files. I am sure there should be simple way to look for all log... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have a shell script to find files older than 'X' days ($2) in directory path ($1) and delete them.
Like this:
my_file_remover.sh /usr/home/c 90
Now, I need to modify this script and add it in CRON, so that it checks other directories also.
Like:
my_file_remover.sh /usr/home/c... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to write a script that will use ls on a directory and list the files one at a time and their size. If the size is 0 i want it to ask me if I want to delete it (yes or no). If I say yes, I want it to delete but it won't know what the file name is just from running from the script.... (2 Replies)
Can any one please help me in deleting all the Files over 7 days from sub-directories A, B, C...
Top-Directory
Sub-Directory-A
File-1
File-2
.....
File-n
Sub-Directory-B
File-1
File-2
.....
File-n
Sub-Directory-C
File-1
... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have dummies questions:
My script here can find the files in any directories older than 30 days then it will delete the files but not the directories. I would like to also be able to delete the directories that hold old files more than 30 days not just the files itself.
find . -type f... (2 Replies)
Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted!
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Need to make a script, to remove all empty files and folders from current category.
It also should show the name... (2 Replies)
I have a task, I usually do manually, but with growing responsibilities I tend to forget to do this weekly, I want to write a script that automates this, but I cant seem to work it out in my head, I have the shell of it out, but need help, and you guys have helped me with EVERY problem I have... (5 Replies)
OS: SUNOS 5.10 i386
Hello guys I wrote a shell script in bash shell to delete the files less than 30 days old. The following is the script.
=======================================
#!/bin/bash
for dirs in `/clu04/oracle/directory_list.lst`
do
find $dirs -type f -mtime -30 -exec rm {} \;... (3 Replies)
hi,
i have a requirement to delete all the files from all the directories except some specific directories like archive and log.
for example:
there are following directories such as
A B C D Archive E Log F
which contains some sub directories and files. The requirement is to delete all the... (7 Replies)
I wrote a shell script program that supposed to delete any directories and its files that begin with the same character string . The program is designed to delete directories and its files that are one day old or less and only the directories that begin with the same character string. The problem... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
pathchk
PATHCHK(1) BSD General Commands Manual PATHCHK(1)NAME
pathchk -- check pathnames
SYNOPSIS
pathchk [-p] pathname ...
DESCRIPTION
The pathchk utility checks whether each of the specified pathname arguments is valid or portable.
A diagnostic message is written for each argument that:
o Is longer than PATH_MAX bytes.
o Contains any component longer than NAME_MAX bytes. (The value of NAME_MAX depends on the underlying file system.)
o Contains a directory component that is not searchable.
It is not considered an error if a pathname argument contains a nonexistent component as long as a component by that name could be created.
The options are as follows:
-p Perform portability checks on the specified pathname arguments. Diagnostic messages will be written for each argument that:
o Is longer than _POSIX_PATH_MAX (255) bytes.
o Contains a component longer than _POSIX_NAME_MAX (14) bytes.
o Contains any character not in the portable filename character set (that is, alphanumeric characters, '.', '-' and '_'). No com-
ponent may start with the hyphen ('-') character.
EXAMPLES
Check whether the names of files in the current directory are portable to other POSIX systems:
find . -exec pathchk -p {} +
or the more efficient:
find . -print0 | xargs -0 pathchk -p
SEE ALSO getconf(1), pathconf(2), stat(2)STANDARDS
The pathchk utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
A pathchk utility appeared in NetBSD 2.0.
BSD November 9, 2010 BSD