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Old 12-24-2012
Wrench Any suggestion?

Hi folks,

Any good suggestion concerning this BASH search script?
Code:
 #Any good suggestions for this simple search shell?
  #================================
 
 #!/bin/bash
 clear
 echo "Enter File Name for search"
 echo
 read filename
 locate $filename
 if [ $? = 1 ];
 then
 echo No such file name!
 fi
 echo
 echo ====================================
 echo "= Do you want search another file? ="
 echo ====================================
 echo "Write Yes if you have any, or press any key to exit!"
 read ANSWER
 if [ $ANSWER = "Yes" ];
 then
         /root/myshells/search.sh #the path of this shell
 else
         sleep 1
         echo "Thanks and Bye!"
 fi

# 2  
Old 12-25-2012
I have 2 suggestions:
  • locate command uses databases prepared by updatedb to search file. It is faster but the result can be sometime inaccurate. So I suggest using find command instead which is slow but the result is always accurate.
  • Also try calling a function instead of calling the script. You can read user input and call this function recursively until he/she types No.
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