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--- bash_-_scripts:kind [2016/11/09 17:00] – peter
+++ bash_-_scripts:kind [2019/11/29 10:59] (current) – removed peter
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-====== Bash - Scripts - kind ======
-Displays the names of all files in the specified directory with the specified type.  If you do not specify any type it defaults to text files.
-===== Usage =====
-<code bash>
-kind [-a] [-d] [-t] [-x] [file...]
-</code>
-===== Code =====
-<code bash>
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# @(#) kind v1.0   Prints files of the same kind
-#
-if [ $# -gt 0 ]
-then if [ `echo $1 | cut -c1` = "-" ]
-  then case #1 in
-    -a)   KIND='archive'
-          shift;;
-    -d)   KIND='data'
-          shift;;
-    -t)   KIND='text'
-          shift;;
-    -x)   KIND='executable'
-          shift;;
-     *)   echo "kind: arg error"                           >&2
-          echo "usage: kind [-a] [-d] [-t] [-x] [file...]" >&2
-          echo "       -a  archive"                        >&2
-          echo "       -d  data"                           >&2
-          echo "       -t  text, default"                  >&2
-          echo "       -x  executable"                     >&2
-          echo "       if no args, reads stdin"            >&2
-          exit 1;;
-    esac
-    fi
-  fi
-: ${KIND:='text'}
-case $# in
-)   while read FILE
-       do
-           file $FILE | fgrep $KIND | cut -d: -f1
-       done;;
-  *)   file $@ | fgrep $KIND | cut -d: -f1;;
-esac
-</code>
-FILE contains the file names as they are read from stdin (Standard input).
-KIND contains the text string that defines the type of file.
-===== Examples =====
-Display all text files in the directory /etc.
-<code bash>
-more `kind /etc/*`
-</code>
-That is actually hatched a list of all data files. And if I have done the following sequence of commands **cd /etc** and **kind -d ***.
-<code bash>
-kind -d /etc/*
-</code>
-Possible Result
-<code>
-/etc/mnttab
-/etc/utmp
-/etc/wtmp
-</code>