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karpaklu

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perform file actions located in another direcory

Oct 11th, 2009

hai dani,

i have a problem with listing the contents of file in another directory.

my default path is in /home/pallu
where my file called DirProg script exists , now i want to find any file which starts with a or A in a dir and store the content in another file called output.dat.

im not able to dispaly file in the directory threw script.

my code is below:----

echo "Enter a directory name"
read dname

if test -d $dname
then

if grep -c ^A dirlist1
then
fname=`grep ^A dirlist1`
cat $fname|cat > output.dat
echo "Content of file is written in a file called output.dat"
fi

else
echo "The entered name is not a directory"
fi

thanks in advance.

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Oct 11th, 2009

You should probably use find :

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#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Enter a directory: "
read dir
 
if ! test -d ${dir}; then
  echo "Directory does not exist"
  exit
fi
 
# To search child directories
rm -f output_withchildren.dat
find ${dir} -type f -iname a\* >> output_withchildren.dat
 
# To not search child directories
rm -f output_nochildren.dat
find ${dir} -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname a\* >> output_nochildren.dat
#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Enter a directory: "
read dir

if ! test -d ${dir}; then
  echo "Directory does not exist"
  exit
fi

# To search child directories
rm -f output_withchildren.dat
find ${dir} -type f -iname a\* >> output_withchildren.dat

# To not search child directories
rm -f output_nochildren.dat
find ${dir} -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname a\* >> output_nochildren.dat

Last edited by sknake; Oct 11th, 2009 at 8:02 am.

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Originally Posted by karpaklu

hai dani,

i have a problem with listing the contents of file in another directory.

my default path is in /home/pallu
where my file called DirProg script exists , now i want to find any file which starts with a or A in a dir and store the content in another file called output.dat.

im not able to dispaly file in the directory threw script.

my code is below:----

Please use CODE tags.

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Help with Code Tags

Shell Scripting Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
echo "Enter a directory name"
read dname
 
if test -d $dname
then
 
	if grep -c ^A dirlist1
	then
	       fname=`grep ^A dirlist1`
		cat $fname|cat > output.dat
echo "Enter a directory name" read dname if test -d $dname then if grep -c ^A dirlist1 then fname=`grep ^A dirlist1` cat $fname|cat > output.dat

Why two cats?
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cat $fname > output.dat
cat $fname > output.dat

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Help with Code Tags

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		echo "Content of file is written in a file called output.dat" 
	fi
 
 
 
else
	echo "The entered name is not a directory"
fi
echo "Content of file is written in a file called output.dat" fi else echo "The entered name is not a directory" fi

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read dname
if [ -d "$dname" ]
then
    printf "%s\n" "$dname"/A* > output.dat
else
    echo "The entered name is not a directory"
fi
read dname if [ -d "$dname" ] then printf "%s\n" "$dname"/A* > output.dat else echo "The entered name is not a directory" fi