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Old 03-10-2011
File comparison in shell script

Hi,

I have written one script :

Code:
#!/bin/bash

echo -n -e "\nEnter how many files : "
read no

for (( j=1; j<=$no; j++ ))
do
    echo -n -e "\nEnter $j File name : "
    read name[$j]
done

for (( j=1; j<=$no; j++ ))
do
    FILE=`find ./ -type f -name "${name[$j]}"`
    echo "$FILE"
done

Output:

Enter how many files : 2

Enter 1 File name : word.sh

Enter 2 File name : dfile.sh

./word/word.sh
./word.sh
./dfile.sh

I need script that should print "word.sh file present in multiple path"
so how do i compare "word.sh" ????
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Old 03-10-2011
you can extract the filename by command---basename
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Old 03-10-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by kiran_j
I need script that should print "word.sh file present in multiple path"
so how do i compare "word.sh" ????
You can something like:
Code:
FILE=`find ./ -type f -name "${name[$j]}"`
if [ `echo "$FILE"|wc -l` -gt 1 ]
then
  echo "$FILE present in multiple path"
fi

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Old 03-10-2011
Thank you very much!!!
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