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# 1  
Old 10-14-2008
Java reading files from diractory one by one
hi
i have directory (/tmp/Satya)that contains lots of files.
i need to get the no of files and read them one by one
please help


thanks in advance
Satya
# 2  
Old 10-14-2008
Code:
find /tmp/Satya -type f | \
while read filename 
do
       while read rec
       do
          echo "$rec"
       done < $filename
done

This reads each file line by line
# 3  
Old 10-14-2008
hi jim,
when i used the above the file name is coming as "/tmp/Satya/10.File" , but i want only 10.File,please help
# 4  
Old 10-14-2008
You can just add
Code:
basename $rec

Or you can modify the find command:
Code:
find /tmp/Satya -type f -printf "%f\n"

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