[olug] Traversing directories with the file command

[webtrekker at cox.net]

Wow! Thanks Mike! That is what I have been looking for.
> 
> From: Mike Hostetler <hostetlerm at gmail.com>
> Date: 2005/06/22 Wed PM 02:16:33 EDT
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Traversing directories with the file command
> 
> Use "find" to list all the files first:
> 
> find |xargs file|grep perl| awk -F : '{print $1}'|xargs ls -lct
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> 
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> 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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