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# 1  
Old 05-06-2010
Checking if the files in a directory have a txt extension

Code:
    foreach file ($dir1/*)
        if ($file ~ *.txt) then
            echo "Skipping $file (is a txt file)"
        endif
    end

that should work right guys? Smilie
# 2  
Old 05-06-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by pantelis
Code:
    foreach file ($dir1/*)
        if ($file ~ *.txt) then
            echo "Skipping $file (is a txt file)"
        endif
    end

that should work right guys? Smilie

what about the simple command ?

Code:
ls -lrt *.txt | awk '{ print $8 " is txt file" }'

# 3  
Old 05-06-2010
i need to do something with these text files, that why i need a script
# 4  
Old 05-06-2010
You can use :


Code:
foreach file (`ls`)
  echo $file | grep -q "\.txt"
  if ($status == 0 ) then
    echo "Skipping $file (is a txt file)"
  endif
end


Last edited by Scott; 05-06-2010 at 04:53 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 5  
Old 05-06-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by pantelis
i need to do something with these text files, that why i need a script

Code:
for i in `ls *.txt`; do 
echo "$i is text file";  ## do what ever you need here.. $i is the file name (txt file)
done

# 6  
Old 05-06-2010
You can use :


Code:
foreach file (`ls $dir1/*`)
  echo $file | grep -q "\.txt"
  if ($status == 0 ) then
    echo "Skipping $file (is a txt file)"
  endif
end


Last edited by Scott; 05-06-2010 at 04:54 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 7  
Old 05-06-2010
thx guys! i will try them out!

---------- Post updated at 05:18 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:05 AM ----------

Code:
#!/bash/csh -f

foreach file ($argv/*)
  
  echo $file |grep -q "\.htm"     
  if($status == 0) then
  ./aa1 $file
  endif
  
end

ok guys i tried this, and it worked. but it works only for "argv" and argv is a argument, a directory i pass to the script.
how can i go through other directories inside the "argv" ?
like, if i call the the script,
script1 /home
i want it to check also all the folders in /home. isn't it supposed to do so with "-r" ?
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