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Old 02-07-2015
Wrench ksh script find command not printing any results
Hello,
Hitting a wall on this one. When at the command prompt it works fine:
Code:
# find /home/testuser -name 'PAINT*canvasON.txt'
/home/testuser/PAINT_canvasON.txt

# pwd
/home/testuser

# ls -l PAINT*canvasON.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 root     user              23 Feb 07 02:58 PAINT_canvasON.txt

But when I try to put it in a script I get no output. Here's the test script I've been using.
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

printf "Enter type: "
read A

find /home/testuser  -name '$A*canvasON.txt'

Also, my main goal is to create a script that will ask the user to input a type then search the /home/testuser directory for a file that has that type in the file name. If it does then it will cat the output of that file. If it doesnt then warn the user it doesnt exist.

Here's an example of what I would like to accomplish but it doesnt work:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh

printf "Enter type: "
read A

if [[ -n "$(find /home/testuser -name '$A*canvasON.txt')" ]]; then
  cat /home/testuser/"$A"_canvasON.txt
else
  echo "file does not exist"
fi

Ideal output if file exists:
Code:
Enter type: PAINT
This is the contents of PAINT_canvasON.txt

Ideal output if file does NOT exist:
Code:
Enter type: DUST
file does not exist

Please help, thanks
# 2  
Old 02-07-2015
Hi, try double quotes instead of single quotes, otherwise $A does not get resolved:
Code:
find /home/testuser  -name "$A*canvasON.txt"

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# 3  
Old 02-07-2015
Ah yes that did the trick, thank you!
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