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Finding files for which a command fails
Finding a substring in files across subdirectories with a single built-in command?Find a file in lots of zip files (like find command for directories)Finding all “Non-Binary” filesHow to count recursively for the number of files in several directories?Which command to use to find all files/folders with non-default permissions?List files recursively in Linux CLI with path relative to the current directory, max 250 charFind command fails to copy few filesFinding files that have been modified using a script?Finding files and directories with different umaskAggregate status code from sub-scripts in a script
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I would like to recursively find all the files for which a script which accepts a file as an argument returns a non-zero value. Any idea how to do this using 'find' or a similar tool?
files scripting find exit-status
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I would like to recursively find all the files for which a script which accepts a file as an argument returns a non-zero value. Any idea how to do this using 'find' or a similar tool?
files scripting find exit-status
edited Apr 14 at 13:21
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asked Apr 8 at 5:05
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I would like to recursively find all the files for which a script which accepts a file as an argument returns a non-zero value. Any idea how to do this using 'find' or a similar tool?
files scripting find exit-status
edited Apr 14 at 13:21
Jeff Schaller♦
45.4k1164147
asked Apr 8 at 5:05
mitanyenmitanyen
13313
I would like to recursively find all the files for which a script which accepts a file as an argument returns a non-zero value. Any idea how to do this using 'find' or a similar tool?
files scripting find exit-status
files scripting find exit-status
edited Apr 14 at 13:21
Jeff Schaller♦
45.4k1164147
asked Apr 8 at 5:05
mitanyenmitanyen
13313
edited Apr 14 at 13:21
Jeff Schaller♦
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mitanyenmitanyen
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edited Apr 14 at 13:21
Jeff Schaller♦
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edited Apr 14 at 13:21
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
answered Apr 8 at 5:20
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Equivalently, using-o(or):find . -exec yourscript ; -o -print.
– John Kugelman
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
answered Apr 8 at 5:20
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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Equivalently, using-o(or):find . -exec yourscript ; -o -print.
– John Kugelman
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
answered Apr 8 at 5:20
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
183k26420500
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Equivalently, using-o(or):find . -exec yourscript ; -o -print.
– John Kugelman
Apr 8 at 19:07
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
answered Apr 8 at 5:20
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
183k26420500
find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
answered Apr 8 at 5:20
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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answered Apr 8 at 5:20
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Equivalently, using-o(or):find . -exec yourscript ; -o -print.
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Equivalently, using-o(or):find . -exec yourscript ; -o -print.
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