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Old 04-03-2019
Command finds some, misses some
The contents of my home directory:


bin Desktop Documents Downloads folders Music Pictures Public Templates Videos

When I run the command
Code:
for file in /home/myself/*d*; do if [ -x "$file" ]; then echo $file; fi; done

it finds
Code:
 /home/myself/Downloads 
 /home/myself/Videos

but not "folders".




Ubuntu 18.04.2; Xfce 4.12.3; kernel 4.15.0-45-generic; bash 4.4.19(1); Dell Inspiron-518
# 2  
Old 04-03-2019
man test yields:
Code:
       -x FILE
              FILE exists and execute (or search) permission is granted

Is folders a directory?
What are its permissions?
Last edited by vgersh99; 04-03-2019 at 12:49 PM..
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# 3  
Old 04-03-2019
permissions fixed it! thanks!


edit: it is not a folder; I was just experimenting
Last edited by Xubuntu56; 04-03-2019 at 12:47 PM.. Reason: answered question
# 4  
Old 04-03-2019
Be very careful with using this because if there are filesname with spaces, tabs or other non-printing characters, it might break again.

You might be better to use find instead:-
Code:
find . -name "*d*" -print

I'm sure that this isn't all you want to do, but spaces in filenames (or other things) can cause problems. What is the overall requirement?




Kind regards,
Robin
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Old 04-03-2019
Folders would be seen as files with execute perms, so the question is more are those "folder" true folders or files, because files dont necessarily need execution perms, but it gets more tricky when talking of subdirectories: not giving them x means you cannot traverse them...
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# 6  
Old 04-04-2019
EDIT: fixed it. Putting -maxdepth before -name works!

@rbattel

When I run
Code:
find . -name "*d*" -print

several hundred files are found, as it delved into subdirectories (not my intent)

but when I try
Code:
find . -name -maxdepth 1 "*d*" -print

I get
Code:
find: paths must precede expression: `1'

Last edited by Xubuntu56; 04-04-2019 at 09:06 AM.. Reason: fixed problem
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