Script that will count and then mail

[BrianC25]

I am new at scripting and I just need a script that will count the number of files in a directory and if the number of files in the directory are greater than a certian number, have it send a mail to myself.

If any one can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Brian

 

[stanhubble]

two quick ways

#!/bin/sh
DIRECTORYINQUESTION=$1
NOOFLINES=`ls $DIRECTORYINQUESTION/* | wc -l`
if [ $NOOFLINES -gt $MAGICNUMBER ] ; then
echo "$DIRECTORYINQUESTION has $NOOFLINES files in it" | mail myself@mailhost.domain
fi

#!/bin/sh
DIRECTORYINQUESTION=`pwd`
NOOFLINES=`find $DIRECTORYINQUESTION -level 0 -print| wc -l`
if [ $NOOFLINES -gt $MAGICNUMBER ] ; then
echo "$DIRECTORYINQUESTION has $NOOFLINES files in it" | mail myself@mailhost.domain
fi


I suggest the second version because if you are worried about the number of files in a directory then its probably because you have too many of them and ls will error out with too many files. (you may also have to change level to depth depending on your *nix.

stan

 

[BrianC25]

Perfect! Thanks for your help