[SOLVED] Zip specific files...

ddenial · 06-04-2020, 07:23 AM

Hello All

I have some script files in a folder along with many other types of files. Is there a way to zip files by username or by permission of files. I want to zip all script files (with execution bit) in a directory.

Thanks

Guttorm · 06-04-2020, 07:31 AM

Hi

You could combine it with find it with the find command.

Something like this:

Code:

zip test.zip $(find . -type f -executable)

The find command has lots of options, see "man find" for details.

sxy · 06-04-2020, 07:37 AM

Hi,

You can also use a pipeline:

Code:

find -type f -executable | xargs zip foo.zip

ddenial · 06-04-2020, 07:41 AM

Thanks. For some reason -f executable didn't list all files with execution bit. The following worked for me.

Code:

zip scripts.zip $(find . -type f -perm /+x)

Thanks

shruggy · 06-04-2020, 07:42 AM

zip creates test.zip archive if it doesn't exist and adds new members to it if it already exists, so this should also work:

Code:

find . \! -name '*~' -type f -executable -exec zip ../test.zip {} +

ehartman · 06-04-2020, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddenial

Thanks. For some reason -f executable didn't list all files

It's not -f, but "-type f" (normal files only) combined with "-executable" (has a "x" bit in its permissions). The first is to exclude directories and sym-links with that X-bit.

ddenial · 06-04-2020, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ehartman

It's not -f, but "-type f" (normal files only) combined with "-executable" (has a "x" bit in its permissions). The first is to exclude directories and sym-links with that X-bit.

Sorry, it was a typo mistake. In the terminal I did put correct syntax

Code:

$ ll
-rw-rw-r--. 1 neon neon   119 Jun  4 18:03 gnome-mimial.txt
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  6.4K Jun  4 17:44 hevc
-rw-rw-r--. 1 neon neon  2.2K Jun  4 18:03 hevc-script.txt
-rw-r--r--. 1 neon neon    71 Jun  4 18:03 java.txt
-rwx------. 1 neon neon   202 Jun  3 23:47 jeda
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  2.1K Jun  3 23:47 nvd
-rw-r--r--. 1 neon neon    34 Jun  4 18:03 xfce-cent.txt
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  2.1K Jun  3 23:47 xvd
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  6.1K Jun  3 23:47 xvEncode
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  2.9K Jun  3 23:47 xvJoin
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  2.6K Jun  3 23:47 xvjoin.sh
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  4.1K Jun  3 23:47 xvSlow
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  1.9K Jun  3 23:47 xvTag
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  3.8K Jun  3 23:47 xvYuv4
-rwx------. 1 neon neon  9.6K Jun  3 23:47 yama
-rwx------. 1 neon neon   495 Jun  4 17:44 ytpl
-rw-r--r--. 1 neon neon   161 Jun  4 18:03 yt.txt

$ find . -type f -executable
./hevc
./ytpl

$ find . -type f -perm /+x
./jeda
./nvd
./xvd
./xvEncode
./xvJoin
./xvjoin.sh
./xvSlow
./xvTag
./xvYuv4
./yama
./hevc
./ytpl

shruggy · 06-04-2020, 09:29 AM

How interesting. What would this command show:

Code:

find -type f -perm /+x -exec file {} \;

sxy · 06-04-2020, 09:36 AM

re: #7

from manpage of find:

Code:

-executable
              Matches files which are executable  and  directories  which  are
              searchable  (in  a  file  name  resolution sense) by the current
              user.  This takes into account access control  lists  and  other
              permissions  artefacts  which the -perm test ignores.  This test
              makes use of the access(2) system call, and so can be fooled  by
              NFS servers which do UID mapping (or root-squashing), since many
              systems implement access(2) in the client's kernel and so cannot
              make use of the UID mapping information held on the server.  Be‐
              cause this test is based only on the  result  of  the  access(2)
              system  call,  there  is no guarantee that a file for which this
              test succeeds can actually be executed.

ddenial · 06-04-2020, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shruggy

How interesting. What would this command show:

Code:

find -type f -perm /+x -exec file {} \;

Executed 'file <filename>' and realized the mistake I did. The executable shell scripts were having different owner usernames. In my previous post, I had changed every username to 'neon' for easy reading. the '-type f -executable' only showed the files by an active user (me), whereas '-perm /+x' showed executable files of all users.

My bad. Sorry.