[olug] Traversing directories with the file command

[Mike Hostetler]

Use "find" to list all the files first:

find |xargs file|grep perl| awk -F : '{print $1}'|xargs ls -lct



On 6/22/05, webtrekker at cox.net <webtrekker at cox.net> wrote:
> HELP!!
> I am trying to create a way to use 'file' and grep to identify perl, shell scripts, ELF apps, etc and list their last modified time.  I have been able to use the following command but it only works in the current directory.  'file' doesn't seem to be able to follow a directory tree or have a recursive flag.
> Here is what I have so far:
>   file * | grep perl | awk -F : '{print $1}' | xargs ls -lct
> 
> If there was a way to embed that into a script that went through a directory structure that should work.  I am not very good at script writing though so any help would be appreciated!
> Thanks
> 
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