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# 1  
Old 03-03-2014
[Solved] How to find particular files ina directory?
Hi,

I am trying to write a script to find some files in a directory
Example: if i have files like
2014-02-01_aaaa.txt
2014-02-01_bbbb.txt
2014-02-01_cccc.txt
2014-02-01_dddd.txt and some other files how can i just check to see if there four files exits or not i tried some thing like this
Code:
FILE=/path/to/file
if [ -f $FILE ];
then
echo "File $FILE exists"
else
echo "File $FILE does not exists"
A=`find /path/to/file/ -type f -mtime -2 -exec echo '{}' ';' `
echo "$A"
fi

but this is printing all the other files names too.Any suggestions how to make it work,or any other ways to do that Smilie.
# 2  
Old 03-03-2014
FILECOUNT=$(ls | wc -l) ? Otherwise I don't understand your requirements...
# 3  
Old 03-03-2014
Code:
for file in \
2014-02-01_aaaa.txt \
2014-02-01_bbbb.txt \
2014-02-01_cccc.txt \
2014-02-01_dddd.txt
do
  if [ -f "$file" ]
  then
    echo "File $file exists"
  else
   echo "File $file does not exist"
  fi
done

# 4  
Old 03-03-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
Code:
for file in \
2014-02-01_aaaa.txt \
2014-02-01_bbbb.txt \
2014-02-01_cccc.txt \
2014-02-01_dddd.txt
do
  if [ -f "$file" ]
  then
    echo "File $file exists"
  else
   echo "File $file does not exist"
  fi
done

Hi,
In this code how do i use path to the files
# 5  
Old 03-03-2014
It searches the files in the current directory.
Either change to the desired directory first
Code:
cd /path/to/files || exit

Or put the path into a variable and prefix it every time:
Code:
fpath=/path/to/files
for file in \
2014-02-01_aaaa.txt \
2014-02-01_bbbb.txt \
2014-02-01_cccc.txt \
2014-02-01_dddd.txt
do
  if [ -f "$fpath/$file" ]
  then
    echo "File $fpath/$file exists"
  else
   echo "File $fpath/$file does not exist"
  fi
done

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# 6  
Old 03-04-2014
Depending on the shell you use, which you fail to mention, you could also try
Code:
for file in 2014-02-01_{aaaa,bbbb,cccc,dddd}.txt;

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