Selecting files in directory as part of loop 3

[alqsp]

Scenario:
I need to validate and move all the files in a directory. I need help in selecting each file.

So far I have this

.
FILECOUNT=`ls $INPUTDIR | wc -l`

while [ $FILECOUNT -gt 0 ]
do
<select file>
<validate file>
if valid
move file to valid_dir
else
move file to error_dir
fi
FILECOUNT=`expr $FILECOUNT - 1`
done
.

Basically I need some help in selecting each file, is there a way to select the file that appears alphabetically first in a listing?

 

[ayjaycee]

I presume you want something more complicated than
[tt]
#!/bin/sh
for F in `ls`
do
<validate file $F>
if valid
mv $F valid_dir
else
mv $F error_dir
fi
done
[/tt]
???

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[toolkit]

The method:
[tt]for F in `ls`[/tt]
May fall foul of a maximum arguments limit. A method that should not suffer from this limit would be:
[tt]ls | while read F[/tt]
Cheers, Neil

 

[gyan]

Hi,

You can try this:

#!/bin/ksh
#
function checkValid {

# Write your function here


}
for files in `ls -1 /<dir_path>`
do
checkValid
if [[ $? = 0 ]]; then
mv $files /valid_dir_path
else
mv $files /invalid_dir_path
fi
done


Thanks,

GP

 

[alqsp]

That's about as complicated as it needs to be, thank you all for your help, all suggestions work great.

Al