Finding thru List 3

[Mag0007]

I have a list of home directories, example:
/home/user1
/home/user2
/home/user3
up to /home/user778


I would like to see if .netrc exists in these directories.

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
for d in /home/user*
do [ -f $d/.netrc ] || echo Missing .netrc in $d
done

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[KenCunningham]

Or find /home -name '.netrc' ?

 

[hoinz]

or just this:
ls /home/user*/.netrc

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry - just noticed the 'list' bit!! That said, why use a list when you can do it dynamically?

 

[Mag0007]

Well, its not always going to be /home

I am using another script to get my $HOME directories. There are some users for example root where its $HOME=/

 

[hoinz]

for d in `cat my_list`
and continue like PHV suggested

 

[PHV]

Yet another way:
while read d
do [ -f $d/.netrc ] || echo Missing .netrc in $d
done < /path/to/list

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[Mag0007]

Thanks for the quick replies!!!!

I got it.


thank you!

 

[KenCunningham]

Good. It does seem a little like reinventing the wheel however. Even if some $HOMEs are not under /home, a find / -name '.netrc' would tell you them anyway. Still, each to his own!

 

[Mag0007]

Ken:
Hmm, you are saying just search the entire filesystem '/' for .netrc ?

Isn't .netrc initiated thru user's $HOME? Therefore I am only looking only $HOME. Also, searching thru '/' would take hours on a system with 200 users with over 1TB of space

Any suggestions?

 

[KenCunningham]

I take your point (and I wasn't trying to invalidate your methodology, so apologies if I gave that impression), but running the find in the background when nothing much else is happening would probably be an option. Always assuming, of course, that you have such a window available.

 

[Mag0007]

Good advice Kenny.

Later.