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Old 12-07-2011
[Solved] Finding the Files In the Same Name Directories
Hi,

In the Unix Box, I have a situation, where there is folder name called "Projects" and in that i have 20 Folders S1,S2,S3...S20. In each of the Folders S1,S2,S3,...S20 , there is a same name folder named "MP". So Now, I want to get all the files in all the "MP" Folders and write all those file names into a File. Can you guys Please help me out. Thanks in Advance.
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Old 12-08-2011
Simply:
Code:
ls Projects/S*/MP

(assuming there is only S1, S2, ... S20 in Projects)

If there are others, then:
Code:
ls Projects/S{{,1}{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},{1,2}0}/MP

(assuming bash or csh)
or even:
Code:
ls $(seq --format='Projects/S%g/MP' 1 20)

if you need to preserve order.
This User Gave Thanks to m.d.ludwig For This Post:
Siva Sankar
# 3  
Old 12-08-2011
MySQL Thanks a lot Ludwig
Thanks a lot ludwig.. It didn't work on my SunOS. But your answer made me think the possible solution.

Solution:
ls -lart Projects/*/MP
# 4  
Old 12-08-2011
Which turned out to be what?
# 5  
Old 12-08-2011
MySQL Even This is Working..
ls Projects/S[1,2,3,4,5]/MP
# 6  
Old 12-08-2011
Please mention your Operating System and version and your preferred Shell.

If you want the full path name to each file in each of the subdirectories called "MP", here is one method:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
(
for DIR1 in S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 \
               S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 S19 S20
do
       find "/your_path/Projects/${DIR1}" -type d -name 'MP' -print | \
       while read DIR2
       do
                 find "${DIR2}" -type f -print
       done
done
) | sort  > /tmp/list_of_files.lst


Posts have crossed while I have been typing. The "find" approach is much quicker and safer for large numbers of files or filenames containing space characters.
Last edited by methyl; 12-08-2011 at 11:51 AM.. Reason: Added sort so the filenames come out in the same order as "ls" but quicker!
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Siva Sankar
# 7  
Old 12-08-2011
MySQL Thanks Methyl
As i am a Newbee..It took lot of time to understand do while, but thanks a lot..once a gain..it worked..
 
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