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Old 05-06-2009
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Originally Posted by curtner
This is what I'm still having problems with
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I wanna display a list of all files in the /tmp directory. Make /tmp making /tmp my current directory
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From My home directory, display a list of all of the files in the /tmp directory as well
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What have you tried so far?
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Originally Posted by curtner
I need to display a list of all of the files under the /etc directory that begin with the letters “ls”
find /etc -name "*ls" alright I'm geting the find command more *NOTE* This works

I need to display a list of all of the files in the /etc directory that begin with the letters “ls” this time giving their long listings
find /etc -name "*ls" -exec ls -l {} \; I Think I know how to do that one now joey Thanks buddy *NOTE* This works
Only that you're searching for files ending in ls, not starting with as you said.
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Originally Posted by curtner
Below this I need help on just
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redo 5 but I need it to be this time requiring interactive confirmation to long list each file which has been killing me

there is a switch like the exec switch from the one above that asks for confirmation before it does whatever it does. which I don't know Smilie
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needing to make a file containing the names of all the files in the /lib/ directory that have names that begin with “u” there should be a simple command
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Find all files under the /usr directory that are owned by the userid “uucp”

find / -type f -user uucp this isn't working I need help on this command
Again, what have you tried? What's the error message, if any? What do you get instead of the desired output?

Mind though, I'm not trying to be mean. But from your postings up to now it seems like you're expecting us to do your work. So I'd suggest you reading the man page of find (on the command-line, enter "man find"), and then lets take a look at any questions that still remain.
# 9  
Old 05-06-2009
Update down below
Last edited by curtner; 05-06-2009 at 09:33 PM..
# 10  
Old 05-06-2009
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I need to display a list of all of the files under the /etc directory that begin with the letters “ls”
find /etc -name "*ls" alright I'm geting the find command more *NOTE* This works

I need to display a list of all of the files in the /etc directory that begin with the letters “ls” this time giving their long listings
find /etc -name "*ls" -exec ls -l {} \; I Think I know how to do that one now joey Thanks buddy *NOTE* This works

Below this I need help on just
=========================================================================================
redo it and I need it to be this time requiring interactive confirmation to long list each file


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needing to make a file containing the names of all the files in the /lib/ directory that have names that begin with “u” there should be a simple command


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Note this is all I have left to learn!


I'm out of ideas on these's too I'm Burned out.
Last edited by curtner; 05-06-2009 at 10:03 PM..
# 11  
Old 05-07-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by curtner
redo it and I need it to be this time requiring interactive confirmation to long list each file
From the man page of find:
Quote:
-ok command ;
Like -exec but ask the user first (on the standard input); if the response does not start with `y' or `Y', do not run the
command, and return false. If the command is run, its standard input is redirected from /dev/null.
Quote:
Originally Posted by curtner
needing to make a file containing the names of all the files in the /lib/ directory that have names that begin with "u" there should be a simple command
Just like your search for files in /etc starting with ls, you only have to add a redirection '>' at the end.
# 12  
Old 05-07-2009
Can you post the version of unix "uname -a". It it very old?

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Find all files under the /usr directory that are owned by the userid “uucp”
find / -type f -user uucp this isn't working I need help on this command
Assuming the files exist, this command should work in most versions of unix. The trailing "/" in "/usr/" is deliberate in case you have an old SCO unix.

Code:
find /usr/ -follow -type f -user uucp -print

Afterthought: If you are not a root user, you will get error messages searching "/usr".
Last edited by methyl; 05-07-2009 at 09:28 AM.. Reason: Afterthought
# 13  
Old 05-07-2009
Well Thanks I I figured it out late last night!Smilie
 
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