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tarja · 11-29-2005, 06:00 PM

how can i go thru each user directory and output the file(s) inside them using a for loop?

thanks

BrianK · 11-29-2005, 06:23 PM

Code:

for i in `find . -type d -print`; do ls $i; done

edit: just noticed you said "user directory". Does that mean each directory in the home dir? If so, use "/home" in the find, i.e. "find /home -type..."

Tinkster · 11-29-2005, 06:24 PM

Why do you think you need a for-loop?

find /home -type d -maxdepth 2

Cheers,
Tink

tarja · 12-03-2005, 12:34 AM

thank you for your quick replies and i apologize for my slow one. I have one more question regarding this topic and thats : how can i cat each file it finds so i can see its contents with the code or code(s) listed above?

Thanks.

Tinkster · 12-03-2005, 12:42 AM

find /home -type f -exec cat {} \;

Beware, though: this will cat binarys, too. Which means
that if they have any kinds of archives or office documents
you'll get gibberish, and it may even render your terminal
unusable ...

Cheers,
Tink

tarja · 12-03-2005, 01:18 AM

hmm, that doesn't seem to want to work. for my code so far, this is what i have to loop and output my directories :

Code:

for i in `find $d -maxdepth 5 -type d -print`; 
do
{ 
	ls $i | cat -n;

}
done

not sure where to add the code u supplied above to what i have.

Tinkster · 12-03-2005, 02:15 AM

Not quite sure what your problem is ...

find /home -type f -print -exec cat -n {} \;
works a treat, does pretty much what you asked for.

Cheers,
Tink

tarja · 12-03-2005, 02:31 PM

Thank you, it did work, beautifully. i didn't know i had to remove

Code:

ls $i | cat -n;

anyways, is there a way i can pipe a less command so i can scroll through everything?

Thanks again, really appreciates it.

Tinkster · 12-03-2005, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tarja

Thank you, it did work, beautifully. i didn't know i had to remove

Code:

ls $i | cat -n;

anyways, is there a way i can pipe a less command so i can scroll through everything?

Thanks again, really appreciates it. :)

Just do exactly that :)

Code:

find /home -type f -print -exec cat -n {} \;|less

Cheers,
Tink