obtain file path

[sandeepmur]

Hi,

I need to find and execute a file under a given dir.. my find cmd is like this:

find /home/bc01/ -type f -name "i_abc.sh" -print

the above cmd is printing 2 lines :

find: cannot search /home/bc01/R1/tmp/m206/data/domain/old
/home/qtbc01/KISS-EAI-R1/tmp/eai_abc.sh

I want to obtain only the 2nd line so I can execute it. something like

fpaths = `find /home/bc01/ -name "i_abc.sh" -print`
echo $fpaths
fpaths

TIA,
sands

 

[Chacalinc]

find /home/bc01/ -type f -name "i_abc.sh" -print [red]| grep -v find[/red]

Cheers.

 

[sandeepmur]

oops, the code actually reads as:

fpaths=`find /home/bc01/ -name "eai_abc.sh" -print`
echo $fpaths
fpaths

echo $paths prints 2 lines..

thnx

 

[Chacalinc]

did you read my post?

 

[sandeepmur]

hi Chacalinc,

nope.. even with the pipe "| grep -v find" it gives the same output as before..

thnx

 

[vgersh99]

find /home/bc01/ -type f -name "i_abc.sh" -print 2> /dev/null

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[Chacalinc]

oooohhh... the problem is that the firsts line is echo'ed to STDERR and not STDIN, that's why you cantake it out with grep. hmmm.. it's bad you have no permission in /home/bc01/R1/tmp/m206/data/domain/old.

well, you can filter the var fpath before launch it:

[tt]
fpaths=`find /home/bc01/ -name "eai_abc.sh" -print`
fpaths=`echo $fpaths | grep -v find`
echo $fpaths
fpaths
[/tt]

 

[Chacalinc]

hmmm.. vlad's solution is cleanest than mine.

Cheers vlad (aka vgersh99)

 

[sandeepmur]

hi,

vgersh99 solution works..

thnx,

sg

 

[sandeepmur]

hi again,

am afraid i still hv a problem..

I need to find the files under a certain dir.. ex: /abc

Under /abc there exists a link :
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bc01 bc 24 Sep 1 2004 EAI-R1 -> /home/bc01/EAI-R1

So, when I search for a file using the find command, i want it to search the the /abc, all subdirs under /abc and also under the dir /home/bc01. Is this possible ??

thnx

 

[PHV]

In the man find page pay attention to the -follow primary.

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ181-2886

 

[vgersh99]

-follow Always true; causes symbolic links to be
followed. When following symbolic links,
find keeps track of the directories visited
so that it can detect infinite loops; for
example, such a loop would occur if a
symbolic link pointed to an ancestor.
This expression should not be used with the
-type l expression.

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[SamBones]

No one has suggested the [tt]-exec[/tt] parameter to run the script. Try this...

find /home/bc01/ -follow -type f -name "i_abc.sh" -exec {} \; 2>/dev/null

The only problem then is if it finds more than one, it will execute every one it finds.

Hope this helps.