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# 1  
Old 06-16-2009
Missing something small....
I have a feeling my eyes are burned and I am just missing something small here but can somebody tell me why this is not working....
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
Trunk_Path=/lcl/sit/apps/Tivoli
types="-name '*.sh' -o -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.rules' -o -name '*.dat' -o -name '*.props' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '.pl'"
find $Trunk_Path/casd -type f $types

When I execute it nothing is returned. Yet I can execute the exact same code by hand from a prompt and I get 3 results of files found.

Any ideas?
# 2  
Old 06-16-2009
Missing parentheses. See "man find".

Code:
types="-name '*.sh' ( -o -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.rules' -o -name '*.dat' -o -name '*.props' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '.pl )'"

# 3  
Old 06-16-2009
Thanks for the tip.... Well I gave it a try....
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
Trunk_Path=/lcl/sit/apps/Tivoli
types="-name '*.sh' ( -o -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.rules' -o -name '*.dat' -o -name '*.props' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '.pl )'"
find $Trunk_Path/casd -type f $types

However it did not work.... Here are the results....
Code:
find: bad option )'
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list

So I started looking here....
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?find

But I still do not see what is wrong.

-----Post Update-----

I also tried it this way....
Code:
types="-name '*.sh' ( -o -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.rules' -o -name '*.dat' -o -name '*.props' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '.pl' )"

Still no results.
Last edited by LRoberts; 06-16-2009 at 10:03 AM..
# 4  
Old 06-16-2009
methyl ,

Code:
I dont think so , it's solves the problem. When i tested your solution , it's bounded back with error :

find: bad option -o

# 5  
Old 06-16-2009
When I do it this way....
Code:
types="-name '*.sh' ( -o -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.rules' -o -name '*.dat' -o -name '*.props' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '.pl' )"

I get no errors however it does not return any files either which are there.
# 6  
Old 06-16-2009
Code:
types="\( -name '*.sh' -o -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.rules' -o -name '*.dat' -o -name '*.props' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '*.pl' \)"

# 7  
Old 06-16-2009
This isn't something small it is serious ... the variable "types" contains many arguments not one so it has to be a matrix... so do the following extra steps and it will work...



Code:
set -A types  #if this didn't work 


Trunk_Path=/lcl/sit/apps/Tivoli
types="-name '*.sh' -o -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.rules' -o -name '*.dat' -o -name '*.props' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '.pl'"


find $Trunk_Path/casd -type f  "${types[@]}"

In bash which is easier:

Code:
declare -a types=(-name '*.sh' -o -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.rules' -o -name '*.dat' -o -name '*.props' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '.pl' )

find $Trunk_Path/casd -type f  "${types[@]}"

I test the bash script it worked but didn't test the ksh script ...

BR
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