Hi

I need to write a script to run search for the longest filename excluding the file extension through subdirectories given the argument as a dir i.e. "./script dir".

the problems with the script:

1. it did not work for searching through subdirectories even for "ls -R"

2. cannot check files with the white spaces e.g. "my file.txt".

3. And also, how do i include the absolute path o the file that is found with the longest length e.g.
the longest filenamed is "\usr\bin\longestfilename".

many thanks, Daryl


this is my humble script:

#1/bin/bash

maxfile="."

for file in $(ls -a1R $1)
do

file1=${file%.*}
file1_len=${#file1}

if test $file1_len -gt ${#maxfile}
then
maxfile=$file1

fi
done

echo "The maximum length of the file is ${#maxfile}, Filename: "$maxfile""
echo "$(ls -R $pwd | grep $maxfile)"

for file in $(ls -a1R $1)
do

file1=${file%.*}
file1_len=${#file1}



if test $file1_len -eq ${#maxfile}
then
if test $file1 != $maxfile
then
echo "The maximum length of the file is ALSO ${#file1}, Filename: "$file""
echo "$(ls -R $pwd | grep $file)"
fi


fi


done

You could try this:

Thanks for the code.