-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Anupam Jain 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).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ % find . -type d -printf '%d\n' |sort -n |tail -1 HTH - -- ·-- ·- ···· ·--- ·- ···- ·- ·--·-· --· -- ·- ·· ·-·· ·-·-·- -·-· --- -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiOu40ACgkQHy+EEHYuXnRZZgCdErdBNfEjwhui1c02QVj6qhL5 8wsAn2tnUozvZ69z2Ewp+IEWAZz4RIFn =JxVY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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/