Yes - start with a decent request - details like misbehaviour, error messages, file / directory structures, input data, execution logs, ...
This the only output I get. Normally my version of find does not give any output when it does not find something so I added the execute option. Thats why it was so difficult to figure out.
I figured it out. There were several problems. Since I am using a variable I can not use single quotes so I switched to double quotes. This created a new problem. Asterisks do not behave as expected in double quotes. It does not matter if you use a one, two, three, or four backslashes.
I have seen seen from a lot of trial and error this works.
This did not work. Is there a way to use an asterisks in double quotes with find?
Hi Guys,
Wondering if anyone can help me. I have a find command on a Linux box that works as expected:
find \( -not -type d -or -not -name log -and -not -name loc -and -not -name usr -and -not -name etc -and -not -name tmp -and -not -name wrk -and -not -name changes -or -prune \) -and -not... (6 Replies)
Hi Eveyone,
I am working on one shell script to find the specific records from data file and add the totals into variables and print them. you can find the sample data file below for more clarification.
Sample Data File:
PXSTYL00__20090803USA
CHCART00__20090803IND... (7 Replies)
Hello all. I've been trying to install NWCHEM in parallel on a new cluster, and have been able to get it to work on single processors by ignoring any MPI environment variables.
This is, of course, pretty worthless. So I'm starting over and trying to get thing set up right for the MPI. The key... (6 Replies)
Hello.I have been trying to solve the following problem, but to no avail. If anyone could please give me some indications, or anything, it would be amazing.
A C source program and a type name are given. Determine from source,
the list of the global variables having the given type.
For each... (5 Replies)
I have a flat file (template) where I want to replace variables based upon a value in another file (csv).
The variables in the template are named %VAR_X_z%
The values are in the csv file and X is field 0 of each line and y field 1 and up.
Example of the csv:
Badidas, 13.00, 12.00, 11.00,... (8 Replies)
I have a script like this (Yes, I know the DAY6 number isn't right - I'm just testing at this point):
DAY0=`date -I`
DAY1=`date -I -d "1 day ago"`
DAY6=`date -I -d "2 days ago"`
if
then
ssh root@synology1 nohup rm -rf "/volume1/Fileserver/$DAY6"
fi
I've tested the line to remove the... (5 Replies)
I have a number of files in the /tmp directory with PET-DOG in their name. I want to delete them, leaving only files with PET-CAT and PET-HORSE. I'd like to use the find command to locate those files (by using a variable) and then I'd like to delete them. However, I can't find a way to do this. I... (3 Replies)
I have a file as follows:
0
1056
85540
414329
774485
1208487
1657519
2102753
2561259
3037737
3458144
3993019
4417959
4809964
5261890
5798778
6254146
I want to find all lines between a specified start and end tag. (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: jamie_123
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
find
find(1) General Commands Manual find(1)Name
find - find files
Syntax
find pathname-list expression
Description
The command recursively descends the directory hierarchy for each pathname in the pathname-list (that is, 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 inte-
ger where +n means more than n, -n means less than n , and n means exactly n.
Options-atime n Tests true if the file has been accessed in n days.
-cpio output Writes current file on output in the format (5120-byte records) specified in the reference page. The output can be either a
file or tape device. If output is a tape device the B key must be used to read data from the tape.
-ctime n Tests true if the file has been changed in n days.
-depth Always true; causes descent of the directory hierarchy to be done so that all entries in a directory are acted on before the
directory itself (that is, postorder instead of preorder). This can be useful when is used with to transfer files that are
contained in directories without write permission.
-exec command Tests true if specified command returns a 0 on exit. The end of the command must be punctuated by an escaped semicolon. A
command argument `{}' is replaced by the current pathname.
-group gname Tests true if group ID matches specified group name.
-inum n Tests true if the file has inode number n.
-links n Tests true if the file has n links.
-mount Tests true if the current file is on the same file system as the current starting pathname.
-mtime n Tests true if the file has been modified in n days.
-name filename Tests true if the filename argument matches the current file name. Normal Shell argument syntax may be used if escaped
(watch out for `[', `?' and `*').
-newer file Tests true if the current file has been modified more recently than the argument file.
-ok command Executes specified command on standard output, then standard input is read and command executed only upon response y.
-perm onum Tests true if file has specified octal number. For further information, see If onum is prefixed by a minus sign, more flag
bits (017777) become significant and the flags are compared: (flags&onum)==onum. For further information, see
-print Prints current pathname.
-size n Tests true if the file is n blocks long (512 bytes per block).
-type c Tests true if file is c type ( c = b, block special file: c, character special file: d, directory: f, plain file: l, sym-
bolic link: p, type port: s, type socket).
-user uname Tests true if file owner is login name or numeric user ID.
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).
Examples
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 {} ;
To find all files on the root file system type:
find / -mount -print
To write all the files on the root file system to tape:
find / -mount -print -cpio /dev/rmt?h
cpio -iBvt < /dev/rmt?h
To find all the mount points on the root file system type:
find / ! -mount -print
FilesSee Alsocpio(1), sh(1), test(1), cpio(5), fs(5)find(1)