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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Check if files inside a text file are found under a directory Post 302921273 by RavinderSingh13 on Thursday 16th of October 2014 06:19:49 AM
Old 10-16-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by arrals_vl
Hi all,

Please somebody help me with this:

I want to check if the files listed in a text file, are found under a directory or not.

For example: the file is list_of_files.txt, which contains inside this rows:

[root@localhost ~]# cat list_of_files
logs
errors
paths
debug
[root@localhost ~]#

i want to check if these 4 files, are found under directory, for example /tmp.

If so, everything is ok, if not, print the files which are missing.

Thank you!
Hello arrals_vl,

Could you please try following script.

Code:
echo "please enter the complete path where you want to search for files."
read path
while read line
do
    NAME=`find "$path" -type f -name "$line" 2>/dev/null`
    if [[ -n "$NAME" ]]
    then
        echo "$line" file has been found.
    else
        echo "$line" file NOT found.
    fi
done < "files"

In my case output is as follows.
Code:
please enter the complete path where you want to search for files.
/tmp
chumma file NOT found.
tets100 file has been found.
test98 file has been found.
test8 file has been found.
test7 file has been found.
test6 file has been found.
test5 file has been found.
test4 file has been found.
test3 file has been found.
test2 file has been found.
test1 file has been found.

Where file named files is the input file with all file names you want to search for.

Thanks,
R. Singh
 

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cups-files.conf

cups-files.conf(5)						    Apple Inc.							cups-files.conf(5)

NAME

       cups-files.conf - file and directory configuration file for cups

DESCRIPTION

       The cups-file.conf file configures the files and directories used by the CUPS scheduler, cupsd(8).  It is normally located in the /etc/cups
       directory.

       Each line in the file can be a configuration directive, a blank line, or a comment. Comment lines start with the # character.

DIRECTIVES

       The following directives are understood by cupsd(8). Consult the on-line help for detailed descriptions:

       AccessLog filename

       AccessLog syslog
	    Defines the access log filename.

       ConfigFilePerm mode
	    Specifies the permissions for all configuration files that the scheduler writes.

       DataDir path
	    Specified the directory where data files can be found.

       DocumentRoot directory
	    Specifies the root directory for the internal web server documents.

       ErrorLog filename

       ErrorLog syslog
	    Specifies the error log filename.

       FatalErrors none

       FatalErrors all -kind [... -kind]

       FatalErrors kind [... kind]
	    Specifies which errors are fatal, causing the scheduler to exit. "Kind" is "browse", "config", "listen", "log", or "permissions".

       FileDevice Yes

       FileDevice No
	    Specifies whether the file pseudo-device can be used for new printer queues.

       FontPath directory[:directory:...]
	    Specifies the search path for fonts.

       Group group-name-or-number
	    Specifies the group name or ID that will be used when executing external programs.

       LogFilePerm mode
	    Specifies the permissions for all log files that the scheduler writes.

       PageLog filename

       PageLog syslog
	    Specifies the page log filename.

       Printcap

       Printcap filename
	    Specifies the filename for a printcap file that is updated automatically with a list of available printers (needed for legacy applica-
	    tions); specifying Printcap with no filename disables printcap generation.

       RemoteRoot user-name
	    Specifies the username that is associated with unauthenticated root accesses.

       RequestRoot directory
	    Specifies the directory to store print jobs and other HTTP request data.

       ServerBin directory
	    Specifies the directory where backends, CGIs, daemons, and filters may be found.

       ServerCertificate filename
	    Specifies the encryption certificate to use.

       ServerKey filename
	    Specifies the encryption key to use.

       ServerRoot directory
	    Specifies the directory where the server configuration files can be found.

       SystemGroup group-name [group-name ...]
	    Specifies the group(s) to use for System class authentication.

       TempDir directory
	    Specifies the directory where temporary files are stored.

       User user-name
	    Specifies the user name or ID that is used when running external programs.

SEE ALSO

       classes.conf(5), cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), mime.convs(5), mime.types(5), printers.conf(5), subscriptions.conf(5),
       http://localhost:631/help

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