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# 1  
Old 11-26-2010
how to find files matching a pattern and zip
Hi,

I want to find all directories matching given pattern in current directory and zip those files.

I am trying to do somethign like this. But it is not working.
Code:
 
 
for FNAME in $(find . -type d | grep './[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\}$');
do
  zip -r MatchedFiles.zip $FNAME
  rm -fr $FNAME
done

I am getting $ unexpected.
In above code find and grep working fine. But How can i loop through the results of find|grep command results.
# 2  
Old 11-26-2010
double quote around "$FNAME" ?
# 3  
Old 11-26-2010
Lower latency, no line length limit, economy of scale (Hope the -r and -@ are compatible!):
Code:
find . -type d | grep './[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\}$' | zip -rmTg MatchedFiles.zip -@

or more simply:

zip -rmTg MatchedFiles.zip ./[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]/

Last edited by DGPickett; 11-26-2010 at 08:19 PM..
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# 4  
Old 11-26-2010
The error message means that you are not running a modern Shell. Might be an old Bourne Shell.

It doesn't like the $(command) syntax.


What Operating System and Shell do you have?
Do you have the option to use "ksh" , "bash" or a Posix shell ?
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# 5  
Old 11-27-2010
You are right. I was running in sh. when i changed it to bash it worked fine.

Thanks a lot.

Quote:
DGPickett:

find . -type d | grep './[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\}$' | zip -rmTg MatchedFiles.zip -@

or more simply:

zip -rmTg MatchedFiles.zip ./[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]/
The alternate script you provided worked like a charm. Thanks.
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