Re: [LUG] Checking size of file and running command depending on size

["Neil Stone" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'm trying to write a bash script to check if a file is larger than a
>> certain size (say 15KB) and if it isn't to run another command.
>>
>> The closest thing I have found is the test command which can check if
>> a file exists and is bigger than 0 bytes.
>>
>> I don't suppose anyone knows how to check the file sizes and run on a
>> certain condition do they?
>>
>> Ta,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>
> Not having a GNU/Linux box to hand, will the find command let you filter
> this way ??
>
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find -size +15k -exec echo {} \;

will print out a list of all files over 15k..

HTH..



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