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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi!
I just want to count number of files in a directory, and write to new text file, with number of files and their name
output should look like this,,
assume that below one is a new file created by script
Number of files in directory = 25
1. a.txt
2. abc.txt
3. asd.dat... (20 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I can't find how to do this.
I want to take a bulk of files, and copy/move a specific number of them (say 1000) to a newly created directory. Once that directory is full, I want to create a new folder and copy/move another batch of files, and so on.
Seems like there should be an easy way to... (6 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
Please let me know how to find out number of files in a directory excluding existing files..The existing file format will be unknown..each time..
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
what's the script to do that?
i want to only count the number of files in that directory, not including any sub directories at all (5 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
How do i find out the number of files in a directory using unix command ? (14 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a directory which has lots of directories and files in it. I want to determine the total number of files in the top level directory (inclduing the files in sub-dirs)
Is there a unix command of that ?/
Thanks !!! (3 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am new to unix shell scripting.I am using Korn shell.
I need to find if there are any files in a particular directory.first I need to find the number of files in the directory.If the file count is greater than 0 then I have to print the file names in a textfile and send an email to the... (5 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Some simple questions from a simple man.
If i wanted to count the number of files contained within a directory, say /tmp would ls -l /tmp ¦ wc -l suffice and will it be accurate?
second one: How would i check the number of files with a certain string in the filename, in the same directory.
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Everyone,
We are on a unix AIX 4.3 platform and our application is written as such that all configuration files must reside in a specific directory. Currently there are over 10,000 files in this directory (and growing at about 300 per month). My question is is there a physical limit to the... (2 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Could someone help me please. I'm trying to write a shell script that prints the number of files I have in my home directory. Files only though, directories not included. I was thinking about using a pipe that includes wc but I don't know any commands that isolate the number of files you have in... (4 Replies)
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