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Hi,

I am triying to make sure that there exists only one file with the pattern abc* in path /path/. This directory is having many huge files. If there is only one file then I have to take its complete name only to use furter in my script.

I am planning to do like this:

if [ `find /path/abc* | wc -l` == 1 ]; then
x=`find /path/abc*`
y=`basename $x`
fi

I am triying to combine x=`find... and y=`basename... into one sentence using "|".

y=`find /path/abc* | basename`

But I am getting below error:

Usage: basename String [Suffix]

Can any one suggest if there is a better way to do this or help me combine these two commands into one.

Thank you.

try putting xargs after find command

Code:

y=`find /path/abc* |xargs basename`

Thank you very much vidyadhar85.

This works.

Thanks and Regards