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

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

fix

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

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 3:09 AM Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
wrote:

> filename printing :
>
> minsize() { < <( LC_ALL=C find "${@:2}"  -printf %p\\0%s\\0\\0 ) gawk -v
> RS=\\0\\0 -v FS=\\0 -v min=$1 'BEGIN { while ( getline <"/dev/stdin" ) if (
> ++i && $1 <= min ) print $1 ; exit }' ; }
>
> minsize <minsize> <find entry points>
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 3:03 AM Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> lil correction, not printf 22 >22 , its printf 22 >2
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 3:02 AM Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> mkdir ttt
>>> cd ttt
>>>
>>> >0 ; printf 1 >1 ; printf 22 >22 ; printf 333 >3
>>>
>>> minsize() { < <( LC_ALL=C find "${@: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 *
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> 0
>>> 1
>>> 2
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 6:10 PM Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> 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
>>>
>>