Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi

I have the following files in a directory -

Code:

ds_pl_W_Test
ds_pl_list_Test
ds_pl_list_Test
ds_pl_listl_Test
ds_pl_file_Test
ds_pl_xx_Test

I would like to count the number files in the directory that contain the word "list"

I tried the following but it returns zero -

Code:

find . -name "*_list_" | wc -l

Please could you assist.

You're pattern seems wrong:

Code:

find . -name '*_list_*' | wc -l

Hi radoulov

Thanks.When I ran the command it worked.I wanted to know when creating a script how do you point this command to the correct directory.

e.g - all the files are stored in a directory named C:\Dump

Normally when accessing a file you would say something like -

awk -F'[/"]' '{print $5,$6,$7}' filetest.dsx

Were filetest.dsx is file that you are printing from.

So basically I need to create a script using the command you have given me but point it to the correct directory within the script.

I hope I did not confuse you

Thanks for your help

The directory to be searched goes right after the find command,
a litteral dot '.' means the current directory.
So you could write something like:

Code:

find C:\dump -name ...

I don't know which Unix emulation you're using.
If it's Cygwin, you could access the above directory like this:

Code:

find /cygdrive/c/dump -name ...