Hello fellow scripters

Its been a while and my skills are a bit rusty to say the least. I need a script tha will display the file name of the smallest file and the largest file in a specified directory. Also the average filesize of the directory??

I know the method of figuring out the min and max of int/double values. I just dont know the commands to retrieve the information i need.

I also need to incorporate if the user chooses the -R option the ability to scann the directory tree recursively??

Thanks people...I'd appreciate any help on this.

Hello and welcome to LQ, hope you like it here.

tha will display the file name of the smallest file and the largest file in a specified directory. Also the average filesize of the directory?? I know the method of figuring out the min and max of int/double values. I just dont know the commands to retrieve the information i need. I also need to incorporate if the user chooses the -R option the ability to scann the directory tree recursively??
If this is part of a homework assignment then please read the LQ Rules about that. If this is not a homework question and your skills are not nonexistant, then you should post what you got already so we can build on that. Also note that if you have a question it helps asking for it properly, especially if your skills are nonexistant and would like other people to do your work for you. You don't have to say "please" but at least using the right phrasing and a question mark should help.

Relax my friend...I fear that you are paranoid and slightly uptight. You could have used that energy to actually respond to the question....

But to ease your stress...Here is what I have/know so far.

I know that ls -l | awk '{print $5}' will print the file size for all files and that i can even to a arithmetic expression to figure out the sum off all sizes...which maybe useful if i can then get the total number of files and divide by this to evaluate the average.

I know that du and wc -c will also give me file sizes...

My only issue is how I could get each file size one at a time (from first to last) so I can then do a comparison to see if it is the current min or max size. Can do this in a for loop until there are no more files to check.

I hope this is now to your satisfaction.

Cheers

I'd suggest looking into ls -1S, in combination with the commands
head and tail. Happy reading.

And the question does *distinctly* smack of homework.



Cheers,
Tink

Can do this in a for loop until there are no more files to check.
Sure can do this.


I'd suggest looking into ls -1S, in combination with the commands head and tail.
Hmm. I wonder how I could break that :-]