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find ./ -name t\* | sed "s@^./@@" > .filestobedeleted

j=$(wc -l < .filestobedeleted)

typeset -i cnt=0

typeset -i i=0

while read line

do

myarray[$cnt]=$line

((cnt = cnt + 1))

done < .filestobedeleted

while [ ${i} -le ${j} ]

do

file=${myarray[$i]}

destfile=$(basename ${file})

ABS_PATH=$(cd $(dirname ${file});pwd)

suffix=$ABS_PATH/${destfile}_$(date +%d%m%y%H%M%S)

timestamp=${suffix##*_}

echo $suffix >> $HOME/.trashinfo

mv -vi "$file" "$HOME/.trash/${destfile}_${timestamp}"

((i = i + 1))

done



in the first line , I have specified the input directly



instead we should receive the input which is generally using $1 as below but if I give the input as $1 it does not recognize t\*



there is something that needs to be done , kindly check



find ./ -name $1 | sed "s@^./@@" > .filestobedeleted

Code:

find ./ -name $1 | sed "s@^./@@" > .filestobedeleted

If your find command when using t\* works for you then what you have there looks good enough. Are you remembering to escape the wildcard when passing it to the script? (eg ./yourscript.sh 't\*')

I would generally recommend escaping the entry within the find too though:

Code:

find ./ -name "$1" ...