From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 02:20:26 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: new simple script, locates a filename passed to it in a directory hierarchy.
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1355
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7812582cfed827610f09ed78675c4e44415ee518;p=feisty_meow.git

new simple script, locates a filename passed to it in a directory hierarchy.
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diff --git a/scripts/files/find_same_filename.sh b/scripts/files/find_same_filename.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a407e7b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/files/find_same_filename.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# finds the same file name within a hierarchy, if possible.
+
+name="$1"; shift
+search_dir="$1"; shift
+
+if [ -z "$name" -o -z "$search_dir" ]; then
+  echo This script needs two parameters, the filename to look for and the
+  echo directory hierarchy to look for it in.
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# just get the filename or directory name component at the end.
+name="$(basename "$name")"
+
+find "$search_dir" -iname "$name"
+
+