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# 1  
Old 07-14-2013
List Directory names which have the file
Hi All,

Can any one help me to list out the directory names which contain the specified file.
See for example
Code:
File name : file.201307014.LKT

Have the directory structure as below.
Code:
/app/work/data/INDIA/file.201307014.LKT
/app/work/data/AMERICA/file.201307014.KTP
/app/work/data/EUROPE/file.201307014.LKT
/app/work/data/ENGLAND/file.201307014.PNP
/app/work/data/AUSTRALIA/file.201307014.LKT

while search for the file.Has to print the directories which contain the file.
Code:
IF file.201307014.LKT contains
Output :  INDIA/EUROPE/AUSTRALIA

Please consider there are lot of directories

Thanks in advance!!!
# 2  
Old 07-14-2013
Try:
Code:
ls /app/work/data/*/file.201307014.LKT | awk -F/ '{print $(NF-1)}' | paste -sd / -

# 3  
Old 07-14-2013
Or
Code:
echo /app/work/data/*/file.201307014.LKT | awk -F/ '{print $(NF-1)}' RS=" "

# 4  
Old 07-14-2013
@MadeinGermany:
The trouble with that is, that it does not work with directories with spaces, it will produce an asterisk if the files are not present and it will produce a trailing ORS character without a newline if the desired ORS ("/") is used...
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# 5  
Old 07-14-2013
Yes, in principle. (And yes, we should go for general correctness.)
From the example I assumed there aren't any spaces.
Like you assumed there isn't any directory "file.201307014.LKT" - for the paranoids it is ls -d (don't list contents).
# 6  
Old 07-14-2013
Yes, I was thinking of NEW ZEALAND Smilie

--
If there are really many directories:
Code:
for file in /app/work/data/*/file.201307014.LKT
do
  [ -f "$file" ] && printf "%s\n" "$file";
done | awk -F/ '{print $(NF-1)}' | paste -sd / -

 
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