find command...

ultima · 05-19-2004, 08:10 PM

I'm quite new to Linux and i need help with writing a script for finding a file. It should only takes 2 arguments, the first is the filename to be search and the second is the directory to start searching from. This is to be done using the find command. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Qucho · 05-20-2004, 02:24 AM

Here is a totoruial, I have not finished it but so far i find it very useful.

http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/index.html

And for your project, I am sure you will find your solutions on it.

Luck,

linuxzouk · 05-20-2004, 04:28 AM

hmm, try your luck with...

find directory -iname "file-name" -print

eg.
find /etc -iname "smb.conf" -print

i have long not do scripting (since college) but i think u can pass in the arguments something to do with $1 $2

myfindscript file-name directory-name
$1 is for file-name
$2 is for directory-name

<content of myfindscript>
find $2 -iname $1 -print
#if it doesn't work try
#find $2 -iname "$1" -print

eg.
#myfindscript /etc smb.conf

i haven tested it though... correct me if i'm wrong