Create file with specific formatting from directory contents

Question

I am using Solaris and csh.

In $home/test there are five files: a.txt, b.txt, c.txt, d.txt and e.txt.

If I run

% find $home/test/ -type f -print > ../filenames.txt

that file will look like:

/home/me/test/a.txt  
/home/me/test/b.txt  
…
/home/me/test/e.txt

I need to add ␣none after each line, so that I can use the text file as the input to another script. i.e.:

/home/me/test/a.txt none  
…
/home/me/test/e.txt none

This simple problem is causing me issues.

Does the Solaris find implementation not support printf e.g. find $home/test/ -type f -printf '%p none\n' ? — steeldriver
– steeldriver, Commented May 15, 2014 at 13:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-15 13:48:45Z

1

This should work on bsd find

find $home/test/ -type f -print -exec echo '{} none' \; > ../filenames.txt

answered May 15, 2014 at 13:43

user60101

Joseph R. · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-15 14:57:18Z

1

If you are looking in the $home/test directory only (not in the tree below it), this loop would also work:

for file in $home/test/*; do
    [ -f "$file" ] && echo "$file none"
done > ../filenames.txt

answered May 15, 2014 at 14:57

Joseph R.

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