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Old 05-04-2010
Shell script help

Hi guys - I have written this script to search for a file (mytest.txt) in the pwd. I was wondering how to:

1. Implement multiple file directories inside the script
2. Implement the file name inside the script

currently i run it as ./script_name.sh (file to search)

Code:
#!/bin/bash

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
FILE="$1"
DIR=$(pwd)
# make sure we got file-name as command line argument
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
    echo "$0 file-name"
    exit 1
fi
 
which stat > /dev/null
 
# make sure stat command is installed
if [ $? -eq 1 ]
then
    echo "stat command not found!"
    exit 2
fi
 
# make sure file exists
if [ ! -e $FILE ]
then
    echo "$FILE not a file"
    exit 3
fi
 
# use stat command to get date info about the file

VAR="$(stat -c %y $FILE)"


VAR2="${VAR:0:10}"

NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")

if [ $NOW = $VAR2 ] 
then

echo "found file ($FILE) in $DIR"

else

echo "Not Found........."

fi

# 2  
Old 05-04-2010
If all you want to do is find the file, just use:
Code:
find . -name FileName

This will find all instances of the file name you provide within the full hierarchy including and below the current location.
# 3  
Old 05-04-2010
Actually its doing a little more than that.

I need to find out how to impletement directory paths and the file to search for inside this perticular script.
# 4  
Old 05-04-2010
the find command will provide the path of each file found relative to the current pwd. You can also wrap the command in a loop to execute another function on each file...

Code:
#!/bin/bash
fileName=$1   # First parameter of the script call will be the file name.
for f in $(find . -name ${fileName}); do
    someFunction $f
done

You can use your stat call or any combination of functions on each file.
# 5  
Old 05-04-2010
A little confused, not sure how to implement that.
# 6  
Old 05-04-2010
What are you trying to accomplish? It looks like you might be trying to see if the file exists in the current folder and if it has some attribute that matches the current date. Is this correct?

Your current test for the existence of the file will only search the current folder where the script is executed. It will not search the sub folders. What do you mean you want to "implement directory paths" in this?
# 7  
Old 05-04-2010
You are right, it is searching for a file and looking if it has current date. But it is only searching for current directory.

I am trying to search multiple directories for this check. Such as:

/home/student/dir1, /tmp/sys/dir1, /loc/var/sub and so on

I am also able to search with the file name in the command like ./script (file name), i am trying to implement the file name inside the script as well.
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