Why doesn't while work in the same shell script as find?
I have the following code, it needs to find all the files greater the 10 kilobytes and move them into another directory:
read mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k > size.txt
while read line
do
mv "$line" /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1
done < size.txt
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I have the following code, it needs to find all the files greater the 10 kilobytes and move them into another directory:
read mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k > size.txt
while read line
do
mv "$line" /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1
done < size.txt
linux bash shell ubuntu
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Welcome! You can improve this question by adding what you expect to happen, what you observe happening, and what you have tried so far. This will both make the question more helpful to others as well as increase the chances that you get a helpful answer yourself.
– user1794469
6 mins ago
Expanding on @user1794469's comments, if you to want know why your script didn't work, make sure you include enough information so others can reproduce the problem you had. Simply saying that something "doesn't work" is not sufficient. We need to know exactly what happened including all error messages.
– John1024
3 mins ago
actually i coped the whole script into another .sh file and it worked after that, i don't know what could be the problem before. The error was that it just printed the files was bigger then 10 kilobytes
– Norbi
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I have the following code, it needs to find all the files greater the 10 kilobytes and move them into another directory:
read mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k > size.txt
while read line
do
mv "$line" /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1
done < size.txt
linux bash shell ubuntu
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I have the following code, it needs to find all the files greater the 10 kilobytes and move them into another directory:
read mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k > size.txt
while read line
do
mv "$line" /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1
done < size.txt
linux bash shell ubuntu
linux bash shell ubuntu
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Welcome! You can improve this question by adding what you expect to happen, what you observe happening, and what you have tried so far. This will both make the question more helpful to others as well as increase the chances that you get a helpful answer yourself.
– user1794469
6 mins ago
Expanding on @user1794469's comments, if you to want know why your script didn't work, make sure you include enough information so others can reproduce the problem you had. Simply saying that something "doesn't work" is not sufficient. We need to know exactly what happened including all error messages.
– John1024
3 mins ago
actually i coped the whole script into another .sh file and it worked after that, i don't know what could be the problem before. The error was that it just printed the files was bigger then 10 kilobytes
– Norbi
14 secs ago
add a comment |
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Welcome! You can improve this question by adding what you expect to happen, what you observe happening, and what you have tried so far. This will both make the question more helpful to others as well as increase the chances that you get a helpful answer yourself.
– user1794469
6 mins ago
Expanding on @user1794469's comments, if you to want know why your script didn't work, make sure you include enough information so others can reproduce the problem you had. Simply saying that something "doesn't work" is not sufficient. We need to know exactly what happened including all error messages.
– John1024
3 mins ago
actually i coped the whole script into another .sh file and it worked after that, i don't know what could be the problem before. The error was that it just printed the files was bigger then 10 kilobytes
– Norbi
14 secs ago
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Welcome! You can improve this question by adding what you expect to happen, what you observe happening, and what you have tried so far. This will both make the question more helpful to others as well as increase the chances that you get a helpful answer yourself.
– user1794469
6 mins ago
Welcome! You can improve this question by adding what you expect to happen, what you observe happening, and what you have tried so far. This will both make the question more helpful to others as well as increase the chances that you get a helpful answer yourself.
– user1794469
6 mins ago
Expanding on @user1794469's comments, if you to want know why your script didn't work, make sure you include enough information so others can reproduce the problem you had. Simply saying that something "doesn't work" is not sufficient. We need to know exactly what happened including all error messages.
– John1024
3 mins ago
Expanding on @user1794469's comments, if you to want know why your script didn't work, make sure you include enough information so others can reproduce the problem you had. Simply saying that something "doesn't work" is not sufficient. We need to know exactly what happened including all error messages.
– John1024
3 mins ago
actually i coped the whole script into another .sh file and it worked after that, i don't know what could be the problem before. The error was that it just printed the files was bigger then 10 kilobytes
– Norbi
14 secs ago
actually i coped the whole script into another .sh file and it worked after that, i don't know what could be the problem before. The error was that it just printed the files was bigger then 10 kilobytes
– Norbi
14 secs ago
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You don't need a shell script. A single find command will both search for files and move them:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv {} /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 ;
The words between -exec and ; are a command that is executed for every file found where {} is replaced by the name of the found file.
In a Linux system, such as your Ubuntu, or any system that uses GNU tools, a more efficient version of this command is:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv -t /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 +
This is more efficient because it moves several files using one invocation of mv.
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You don't need a shell script. A single find command will both search for files and move them:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv {} /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 ;
The words between -exec and ; are a command that is executed for every file found where {} is replaced by the name of the found file.
In a Linux system, such as your Ubuntu, or any system that uses GNU tools, a more efficient version of this command is:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv -t /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 +
This is more efficient because it moves several files using one invocation of mv.
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You don't need a shell script. A single find command will both search for files and move them:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv {} /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 ;
The words between -exec and ; are a command that is executed for every file found where {} is replaced by the name of the found file.
In a Linux system, such as your Ubuntu, or any system that uses GNU tools, a more efficient version of this command is:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv -t /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 +
This is more efficient because it moves several files using one invocation of mv.
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You don't need a shell script. A single find command will both search for files and move them:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv {} /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 ;
The words between -exec and ; are a command that is executed for every file found where {} is replaced by the name of the found file.
In a Linux system, such as your Ubuntu, or any system that uses GNU tools, a more efficient version of this command is:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv -t /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 +
This is more efficient because it moves several files using one invocation of mv.
answered 11 mins ago
John1024John1024
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You don't need a shell script. A single find command will both search for files and move them:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv {} /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 ;
The words between -exec and ; are a command that is executed for every file found where {} is replaced by the name of the found file.
In a Linux system, such as your Ubuntu, or any system that uses GNU tools, a more efficient version of this command is:
read -r mam
find "$mam" -type f -size +10k -exec mv -t /home/patakinorbert/Desktop/prk1 +
This is more efficient because it moves several files using one invocation of mv.
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Welcome! You can improve this question by adding what you expect to happen, what you observe happening, and what you have tried so far. This will both make the question more helpful to others as well as increase the chances that you get a helpful answer yourself.
– user1794469
6 mins ago
Expanding on @user1794469's comments, if you to want know why your script didn't work, make sure you include enough information so others can reproduce the problem you had. Simply saying that something "doesn't work" is not sufficient. We need to know exactly what happened including all error messages.
– John1024
3 mins ago
actually i coped the whole script into another .sh file and it worked after that, i don't know what could be the problem before. The error was that it just printed the files was bigger then 10 kilobytes
– Norbi
14 secs ago