String in text matches folder name


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting String in text matches folder name
# 1  
Old 05-05-2004
String in text matches folder name

Hi,
I need unix shell script that can read the first column of a text file and matching each column string is a folder and i need to read files from the specified folder e.g

Main.txt has

Mike 690
Jhon 346

i need to read Mike first then open up the files in folder Mike in the same directory.Similarly, for Jhon there exists a folder called Jhon and i need to read files from the jhon folder.
Can anyone provide me with the script
Thanks.
# 2  
Old 05-05-2004
use a forloop and as the list do a forward tick and then use awk to get the first field from the file.

now that you have your list of directories i assume you would want to enter that directory and get a list fo files (another for loop) and do your processeing on them.
# 3  
Old 05-05-2004
Hmmm..... sounds like it could be a homework question, but the benefit of the doubt goes to you.....

Assuming the list is in Main.txt and the numbers are of no significance:

Code:
#!/bin/sh

while read line
do   
    _file=`echo $line | awk '{print $1}'`
    if [ -d $_file ]; then
         ls -l $_file
         # or whatever else you wanna do
    else
         echo "$_file is not a directory (or does not exist)"
    fi
done < Main.txt

exit 0


If this is a homework question, slap me with a wet fish for giving you the answer.

Peace,
ZB
http://www.zazzybob.com
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Match text to lines in a file, iterate backwards until text or text substring matches, print to file

hi all, trying this using shell/bash with sed/awk/grep I have two files, one containing one column, the other containing multiple columns (comma delimited). file1.txt abc12345 def12345 ghi54321 ... file2.txt abc1,text1,texta abc,text2,textb def123,text3,textc gh,text4,textd... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: shogun1970
6 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Remove all matches containing a string until its next space

I want to delete all matches in a text following this pattern: Each match starts with linux- Each match ends with a space (Remove linux-* until immediate next space) EXAMPLE: From this text: ibudev1 libudev1 libweather-ion7 libxatracker2 linux-generic linux-headers-generic... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Tribe
4 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Replace string of a file with a string of another file for matches using grep,sed,awk

I have a file comp.pkglist which mention package version and release . In 'version change' and 'release change' line there are two versions 'old' and 'new' Version Change: --> Release Change: --> cat comp.pkglist Package list: nss-util-devel-3.28.4-1.el6_9.x86_64 Version Change: 3.28.4 -->... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Paras Pandey
1 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Display text is string matches below.

I have not idea how I would accomplish this. I have a script that scans for CDP neighbours. I get the results in a file. I am interested in CDP Neighbor Details if name BSWITCH shows up. If BSWITCH is not present then skip. CDP Neighbor Details for 10.200.21.1... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mrlayance
1 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Insert folder name in text string

Hi, I am trying to organize a badly constructed web server. Basically every file is in public_html which is horrendous. There's about 50 images and 20 html files (not counting the css files and pdf docs). I am trying to update each .html file using sed based on: Where string contains *.jpg... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: enginama
9 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Print only '+' or '-' if string matches (two files)

I would like to add two additional conditions to the actual code I have: print '+' if in File2 field 5 is greater than 35 and also field 7 is grater than 90. while read -r line do grep -q "$line" File2.txt && echo "$line +" || echo "$line -" done < File1.txt ' Input file 1: ... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: bernardo.bello
5 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Get line number when matches a string

If I have a file something like as shown below, ARM*187878*hjhj BAG*88778*jjjj COD*7777*kkkk BAG*87878*kjjhjk DEF*65656*89989*khjkk I need the line numbers to be added with a colon when it matches the string "BAG". Here in my case, I need something like ARM*187878*hjhj... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Muthuraj K
4 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Find all text files in folder and then copy to a new folder

Hi all, *I use Uwin and Cygwin emulator. I´m trying to search for all text files in the current folder (C/Files) and its sub folders using find -depth -name "*.txt" The above command worked for me, but now I would like to copy all found text files to a new folder (C/Files/Text) with ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: cgkmal
4 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to remove all matches in a string with sed

if I have "abxcdxefx" and want to remove the x's with sed, how can I do this? Thanks. WHOOPS: Just remembered: echo "abxcdxefx" | sed s/x//g Thanks for reading, though. (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: lumix
0 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

creating folder when the string matches

hi :confused:sorry last time , b4 im drafting the thread i was unexpectedly posted the thread see here is the program wat it will do is .. i have to create folder at the run time when the string matches ... what to do is im havin text file which carry the file name like ( EngCVer1pg1j01.TOP,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: maximas
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question