Re: Check if file size greater than a small number?

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

mkdir ttt
cd ttt

>0 ; printf 1 >1 ; printf 22 >22 ; printf 333 >3

minsize() { < <( LC_ALL=C find "${@:2}" -maxdepth 0  -printf %s\\n ) gawk
-v min=$1 'BEGIN { while ( getline <"/dev/stdin" ) if ( ++i && $0 <= min )
print ARGV[i] ; exit }' "${@:2}" ; }

minsize 2 *

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On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 6:10 PM Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5920333/how-can-i-check-the-size-of-a-file-using-bash
>
> I see things like the above that call an external program or cat all
> the file content to check the size of a file.
>
> But if my goal is just to know whether the file size is greater than a
> smaller (say 40). What is the most efficient way to do so in bash?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng