xargs has pitfalls with special characters in file names. Risky with rm!
Replace them in find with -exec ... {} \;.
Perhaps you can replace each -exec ... {} \; by the faster -exec ... {} + .
The + collects the arguments just like xargs.
I have a directory which contains files with different kinds of extensions .everyday a file with .log gets added to it .i want to extract the file with .log extension which is created with todays date .
thanks in advance (2 Replies)
I have a directory MYDIR
In which i have several directories 1,2,3,4....
Now, In each of these directories i have several files a.dat, b.dat, c.dat, d.dat.....
MYDIR
----1
---------a.dat
---------b.dat
---------c.dat
---------d.dat
----2
---------a.dat
---------b.dat
---------c.dat... (2 Replies)
Hi, I have a directory PRIVATE in which I have several directories and each of these have several files. Therefore, I need to find those files by size and date to back up those files in another directory.
I don't know how to implement this shell script using ''find''.
appreciate any... (1 Reply)
hi guys,
Suppose you have 100 files in a folder and you want to replace all occurances of a word say "ABCD" in those files with "DCBA", how would you do
it ???
jatin (13 Replies)
Hi Experts,
I am trying to write a shell script that should
1. Find files with name (ab030.txt,Ab030.TXT,AB030.TXT,ab030.TXT,AB030.txt)
2. If any of the above found, rename it to AB030.TXT
Thanks. (4 Replies)
Hi. I have a problem that i can't seem to resolve. I need to create a script that list all the files, that are found recursively, with the same name.
For example if a file exists in more than one directory with the same name it list all the files that he founds with all the info. Could someone... (5 Replies)
Hello all,
I am in need of assistance in creating a script that will remove a specified block of text from multiple .htaccess files. (roughly 1000 files)
I am attempting to help with a project to clean up a linux server that has a series of unwanted url rewrites in place, as well as some... (4 Replies)
Hi friends.. I have many dirs in my working directory. Every dir have thousands of files (.jsp, .java, .xml..., etc). So I am working with an script to find every file recursively within those directories and subdirectories ending with .jsp or .java which contains inside of it, the the pattern... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have the shell script requirement mentioned below :
List all java and c files or all files in directory and sub directories' in folder structure in current dir.
then search for pattren1 in all files globally and replace with other string .
And also check the date... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
i am new to this forum, unix and shell scripting.
I would really appreciate if you all can help me here..
I have files coming in the below format
'filename20513'13May06:03:45
filename are characters..
like 'ABDDUT20513'13May06:03:45
i need it to be renamed as... (17 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT V7
find
FIND(1) General Commands Manual FIND(1)NAME
find - find files
SYNOPSIS
find pathname-list expression
DESCRIPTION
Find recursively descends the directory hierarchy for each pathname in the pathname-list (i.e., one or more pathnames) seeking files that
match a boolean expression written in the primaries given below. In the descriptions, the argument n is used as a decimal integer where +n
means more than n, -n means less than n and n means exactly n.
-name filename
True if the filename argument matches the current file name. Normal Shell argument syntax may be used if escaped (watch out for
`[', `?' and `*').
-perm onum
True if the file permission flags exactly match the octal number onum (see chmod(1)). If onum is prefixed by a minus sign, more
flag bits (017777, see stat(2)) become significant and the flags are compared: (flags&onum)==onum.
-type c True if the type of the file is c, where c is b, c, d or f for block special file, character special file, directory or plain
file.
-links n True if the file has n links.
-user uname
True if the file belongs to the user uname (login name or numeric user ID).
-group gname
True if the file belongs to group gname (group name or numeric group ID).
-size n True if the file is n blocks long (512 bytes per block).
-inum n True if the file has inode number n.
-atime n True if the file has been accessed in n days.
-mtime n True if the file has been modified in n days.
-exec command
True if the executed command returns a zero value as exit status. The end of the command must be punctuated by an escaped semi-
colon. A command argument `{}' is replaced by the current pathname.
-ok command
Like -exec except that the generated command is written on the standard output, then the standard input is read and the command
executed only upon response y.
-print Always true; causes the current pathname to be printed.
-newer file
True if the current file has been modified more recently than the argument file.
The primaries may be combined using the following operators (in order of decreasing precedence):
1) A parenthesized group of primaries and operators (parentheses are special to the Shell and must be escaped).
2) The negation of a primary (`!' is the unary not operator).
3) Concatenation of primaries (the and operation is implied by the juxtaposition of two primaries).
4) Alternation of primaries (`-o' is the or operator).
EXAMPLE
To remove all files named `a.out' or `*.o' that have not been accessed for a week:
find / ( -name a.out -o -name '*.o' ) -atime +7 -exec rm {} ;
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
SEE ALSO sh(1), test(1), filsys(5)BUGS
The syntax is painful.
FIND(1)