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Old 12-16-2012
I want alternative of -maxdepth 1 for all Linux,Solaris and AIX
Code:
find /full/path/dir \( ! -name dir -o -type f \) -prune -type f

on AIX it worked perfect :

Code:
sdp1:/var/tmp/test# find /var/tmp/test/ \( ! -name test -o -type f \) -prune \
  -name "*properties" -type f -exec ls -l {} \; -exec cksum {} \;

-rw-------    1 root     system           19 Dec 12 02:03 /var/tmp/test/1.properties
3921676744 19 /var/tmp/test/1.properties
-rw-------    1 root     system           22 Dec 12 02:04 /var/tmp/test/2.properties
2544875996 22 /var/tmp/test/2.properties


but on LINUX it does not
Code:
[root@omu-au213 /var/tmp/test]# find /var/tmp/test/ \( ! -name test -o -type f \) -prune \
  -name "*properties" -type f -exec ls -l {} \; -exec cksum {} \;
[root@omu-au213 /var/tmp/test]#


it asks to use -wholename option but that does not work on AIX !!



i tried
Code:
cd /var/tmp/test/ && find . \(  -name . -o -prune \) -name "*properties" -type f \
  -exec ls -l {} \; -exec cksum {} \;

it works on all but it does not gives fuul qualified path name (/var/tmp/test/2.properties) of a file see below :

Code:
 -rw-------    1 root     system           19 Dec 12 02:03 ./1.properties
3921676744 19 ./1.properties
-rw-------    1 root     system           22 Dec 12 02:04 ./2.properties
2544875996 22 ./2.properties



i want a generic alternative of -maxdepth 1 for all linux,solaris and AIX. please help!!
Last edited by Scott; 12-16-2012 at 06:56 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags; Added \ line breaks to make code more readable
# 2  
Old 12-16-2012
You can introduce a variable and just sed the result like :
Code:
DIR=/var/tmp/test
cd $DIR && find .  \(  -name . -o -prune \) -name "*properties" -type f -exec ls -l {} \; -exec cksum {} \; | sed "s#./#$DIR/#"

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laxmikant.hcl
# 3  
Old 12-16-2012
Your command line worked on my Linux, with find version 4.4.2.
# 4  
Old 12-17-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant
You can introduce a variable and just sed the result like :
Code:
DIR=/var/tmp/test
cd $DIR && find .  \(  -name . -o -prune \) -name "*properties" -type f -exec ls -l {} \; -exec cksum {} \; | sed "s#./#$DIR/#"

Thank you so much Smilie!! it works on all OS!!
Any other way to do this without going to the path ( i mean without using cd $DIR )

---------- Post updated at 07:38 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:29 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by binlib
Your command line worked on my Linux, with find version 4.4.2.
But command
Code:
/var/tmp/test# find /var/tmp/test/ \( ! -name test -o -type f \) -prune \
  -name "*properties" -type f -exec ls -l {} \; -exec cksum {} \;

is not working for on my machine Smilie

version details :
Code:
Linux version 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5  
gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 
(Red Hat 4.1.2-50))

Last edited by Franklin52; 12-18-2012 at 04:14 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 5  
Old 12-17-2012
You can use the $PWD (print working directory) to eliminate the variable $DIR
Code:
find . \(  -name . -o -prune \) -name "*properties"  -exec ls -l {} \; -exec cksum {} \; | sed "s#./#$PWD/#"

This User Gave Thanks to Peasant For This Post:
laxmikant.hcl
# 6  
Old 12-18-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant
You can use the $PWD (print working directory) to eliminate the variable $DIR
Code:
find . \(  -name . -o -prune \) -name "*properties"  -exec ls -l {} \; -exec cksum {} \; | sed "s#./#$PWD/#"

yes this is another way !! but actually my application runs find command only from /root path . for example if the properties files are in /var/tmp/test location still it will run the command from /root directory !!
that is why the above command wont work in my case as current directory is /root but i want to look for files in some other directory.

any other way to avoid cd $DIR ??

Thanks in advance !!
 
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