On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:33:16 +0530 "Anupam Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Does anyone know of a way to get the maximum directory nesting, > starting from the specified base, using standard Linux commands only > (no php/perl/python etc.)? > > e.g. if the directory structure is as follows - > d1 > ->d2 > ->->d3 > ->->->d4 > ->d5 > ->->d6 > > I need a shell script which will give me the answer "4" (i.e. depth of > the deepest directory - d4). find . -printf '%d\n' | sort -n | tail -1 will give you this answer for the current working directory. Replace '.' with the desired directory name. Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
