Using variables with commands in bash

Question

I'm trying to write a scenario which will input a number and then find all the files which size if bigger than this number.

So far I've got this:

read $size
find . -size "+{$size}c"

The above code doesn't work. What should I do instead?

manojlds · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-24 19:02:06Z

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You should be doing ${size}c

answered Dec 24, 2011 at 19:02

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jaypal singh · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-24 19:29:37Z

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You can do something like this to find files bigger than your number in the variable -

find . -size +"${size}"c

You can also do something like this -

awk -v mysize="$size" '{if ($5>=mysize) print $9}' <(ls -l)

You can modify ls -l to provide path of a particular folder and add more options to doing search recursively.

answered Dec 24, 2011 at 19:15

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