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Old 01-05-2014
Searching for a file...
Hi guys...
Macbook Pro, OSX 10.7.5, bash...

I want to search for a known file in a totally unknown location.
This works perfectly:-
Code:
capturepath=`find / -name 'sox' 2>/dev/null`

Except it is crucyfyingly SSLLOOWW; and I mean SSLLOOWW!

Is there any means of searching the entire FS quickly and place the entire path and
filename into capturepath without the aggro of the slowness of "find"?

I am assuming the answer is no at this point in time...

TIA...
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Old 01-05-2014
Have you considered using locate command which uses a precompiled database?
# 3  
Old 01-05-2014
Hi Yoda...
Cheers for the quick response...
This is for AudioScope.sh...
Quote:
Have you considered using locate command which uses a precompiled database?
Yes I have.
Two reasons I have not used it:-
1) I don't have all the switches to the man page...
Code:
Last login: Sun Jan  5 18:39:17 on ttys000
AMIGA:barrywalker~> locate
usage: locate [-0Scims] [-l limit] [-d database] pattern ...

default database: `/var/db/locate.database' or $LOCATE_PATH
AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

2) I want to autodetect "sox" directly and slip it into the variable, and NOT have to generate a database on an random users machine...
Code:
AMIGA:barrywalker~> locate 'sox'

WARNING: The locate database (/var/db/locate.database) does not exist.
To create the database, run the following command:

  sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist

Please be aware that the database can take some time to generate; once
the database has been created, this message will no longer appear.

AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

I can't possibly expect any user to go through that lot just to run a script...
Therefore it is a non-starter...

Thanks...
# 4  
Old 01-05-2014
Get the filesystem type of / with
Code:
df /

and skip other fs types with
Code:
find / ! -fstype XX -prune -o -name ...

# 5  
Old 01-05-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by wisecracker
Hi guys...
Macbook Pro, OSX 10.7.5, bash...

I want to search for a known file in a totally unknown location.
if you know sox is a binary, there are only a few "known" locations you can search from ifyou have done the installation right in the first place.
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Old 01-06-2014
Hi kurumi...
Quote:
if you know sox is a binary, there are only a few "known" locations you can search from ifyou have done the installation right in the first place.
You mean like here for example:-
Code:
/Users/barrywalker/Downloads/sox-14.4.0/sox

I can install anywhere I want in my "~/any/path/" and I just decided to place it where I downloaded it.
However some may move or copy "sox" to "/usr/bin", or if it is in a "distro's" repository and installed from there,
then it may be in automatically placed into "/usr/bin", who knows?
(I was once told "never make assumptions without quoting them".)
Last edited by wisecracker; 01-06-2014 at 04:26 AM.. Reason: Typo on last line.
 
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