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# 1  
Old 08-12-2008
how to get filename from directory
hi

find /home -type f -atime +5

shows me files like :

home/test/aaa.txt
home/test/bbb.html

How can I get the file name
I mean only aaa.txt and bbb.html
# 2  
Old 08-12-2008
Code:
find /home -type f -atime +5 -exec basename {} \;

# 3  
Old 08-12-2008
thanks a lot,I forgot basename and was trying to do it my cut command
Last edited by tjay83; 08-12-2008 at 02:09 AM..
# 4  
Old 08-12-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by shamrock
Code:
find /home -type f -atime +5 -exec basename {} \;

One last question;

How can I make a space after each record that I read from the file:

EX:

while read file
do
basename $file >>log.txt


My log file is like:
aaa.htmlbbb.html

I want it to be like:

aaa.html
bbb.html
..
..
# 5  
Old 08-12-2008
new line
while read file
do
basename $file >> log.txt
echo >> log.txt
end

ok?
# 6  
Old 08-12-2008
that doesnt work.
My logfile is again
aaa.htmlbbb.html
# 7  
Old 08-12-2008
Data
sorry...
i could not get the way you are using the while loop...
can you explain little bit...
what basename $file ....?
because when i tried using below command i got the output like below..
find /orange/dirA -type f -atime -1 -name '*.*' | sed 's_.*/__'
aaa.txt
bbb.html
cc.csv
...
Thanks
Sha
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