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Old 04-09-2012
I was answering to you last question which was about getting the full path of the filenames. It is unclear what you are looking for, as there is no such thing as files with no names under Unix.
What are the special characters you are looking for ?
# 9  
Old 04-09-2012
My question is how can i find the files which has no names.
I want to find their absolute path.
The filename is empty, It mite contain space or else any special or control characters.

---------- Post updated at 05:46 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:42 PM ----------

one more thing is, I would like to find that file from anywhere.... mean to say root or any other parent directory.
# 10  
Old 04-09-2012
In my blog, current directory will be used for the 'find' if you do not supply an argument. All you have to do is to run the script with an absolute path

Code:
#! /bin/sh


ls -1Rb ${1:-.} | \
nawk '
...

# 11  
Old 04-09-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by nikhil jain
My question is how can i find the files which has no names.
There is no such thing.
Quote:
I want to find their absolute path.
I answered to that part.
Quote:
The filename is empty, It mite contain space or else any special or control characters.
If it contains special or control characters, it is not empty.
Quote:
one more thing is, I would like to find that file from anywhere.... mean to say root or any other parent directory.
This will find files and directories with embedded spaces or control characters from anywhere:
Code:
find / -name "*[$(printf "\01")-$(printf "\037") ]*" -exec ls -ldb {} +

# 12  
Old 04-09-2012
thanks a lot chihung Smilie

jlliagre

It did worked
but can u explain me below stuff
Code:
(printf "\01")-$(printf "\037")

??
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-09-2012 at 10:26 AM.. Reason: Code tags..
# 13  
Old 04-09-2012
That means the range of characters from ASCII #1 to ASCII #31 (37 in octal) which happen to be the ASCII control characters.
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