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I need to write a script which finds the longest txt file in a folder. I literally have no idea how to do it

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What do you mean by "the longest text file"?

– Nasir Riley
Mar 17 at 19:09

Largest in size or longest filename? What designates a "txt" file -- a ".txt" at the end of the filename?

– Jeff Schaller♦
Mar 17 at 19:27

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Longest in terms of what? Bytes? Characters? Lines? Have you determined how to find out the length of a file?

– ilkkachu
Mar 17 at 19:29

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I need to write a script which finds the longest txt file in a folder. I literally have no idea how to do it

edited Mar 18 at 0:36

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1483142

asked Mar 17 at 18:58

Atesz01

closed as unclear what you're asking by Ipor Sircer, Jeff Schaller♦, Kusalananda♦, ilkkachu, Rui F Ribeiro Mar 18 at 0:35

What do you mean by "the longest text file"?

– Nasir Riley
Mar 17 at 19:09

Largest in size or longest filename? What designates a "txt" file -- a ".txt" at the end of the filename?

– Jeff Schaller♦
Mar 17 at 19:27

2

Longest in terms of what? Bytes? Characters? Lines? Have you determined how to find out the length of a file?

– ilkkachu
Mar 17 at 19:29

add a comment |

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I need to write a script which finds the longest txt file in a folder. I literally have no idea how to do it

edited Mar 18 at 0:36

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1483142

asked Mar 17 at 18:58

Atesz01

I need to write a script which finds the longest txt file in a folder. I literally have no idea how to do it

bash scripting

edited Mar 18 at 0:36

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1483142

asked Mar 17 at 18:58

Atesz01

edited Mar 18 at 0:36

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1483142

asked Mar 17 at 18:58

Atesz01

edited Mar 18 at 0:36

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1483142

edited Mar 18 at 0:36

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1483142

edited Mar 18 at 0:36

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1483142

asked Mar 17 at 18:58

Atesz01

asked Mar 17 at 18:58

Atesz01

asked Mar 17 at 18:58

Atesz01

closed as unclear what you're asking by Ipor Sircer, Jeff Schaller♦, Kusalananda♦, ilkkachu, Rui F Ribeiro Mar 18 at 0:35

What do you mean by "the longest text file"?

– Nasir Riley
Mar 17 at 19:09

Largest in size or longest filename? What designates a "txt" file -- a ".txt" at the end of the filename?

– Jeff Schaller♦
Mar 17 at 19:27

2

Longest in terms of what? Bytes? Characters? Lines? Have you determined how to find out the length of a file?

– ilkkachu
Mar 17 at 19:29

add a comment |

What do you mean by "the longest text file"?

– Nasir Riley
Mar 17 at 19:09

Largest in size or longest filename? What designates a "txt" file -- a ".txt" at the end of the filename?

– Jeff Schaller♦
Mar 17 at 19:27

2

Longest in terms of what? Bytes? Characters? Lines? Have you determined how to find out the length of a file?

– ilkkachu
Mar 17 at 19:29

What do you mean by "the longest text file"?

– Nasir Riley
Mar 17 at 19:09

Largest in size or longest filename? What designates a "txt" file -- a ".txt" at the end of the filename?

– Jeff Schaller♦
Mar 17 at 19:27

Longest in terms of what? Bytes? Characters? Lines? Have you determined how to find out the length of a file?

– ilkkachu
Mar 17 at 19:29

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If I understood it correctly:

Assuming all the files has TXT extension, you can do

du -b *.txt | sort -n | tail -n1

and if you want something a little bit more specific:

for a in *;do
 f=$( file -i $a | grep -Eo ": ([a-z/]+);" )
 [ "$f" == ": text/plain;" ] && du -b $a
done | sort -n | tail -n 1

edited Mar 17 at 21:08

answered Mar 17 at 19:25

Juan

201210

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Are there other files in the directory? Can you give us the directory listing?

But barring that I would try something like

ls -Sl $(file * |grep text |cut -d " " -f 1|sed 's/://')

edited Mar 17 at 19:37

Jeff Schaller♦

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answered Mar 17 at 19:29

Mark Scheck

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2 Answers
2

active

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2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

If I understood it correctly:

Assuming all the files has TXT extension, you can do

du -b *.txt | sort -n | tail -n1

and if you want something a little bit more specific:

for a in *;do
 f=$( file -i $a | grep -Eo ": ([a-z/]+);" )
 [ "$f" == ": text/plain;" ] && du -b $a
done | sort -n | tail -n 1

edited Mar 17 at 21:08

answered Mar 17 at 19:25

Juan

201210

add a comment |

If I understood it correctly:

Assuming all the files has TXT extension, you can do

du -b *.txt | sort -n | tail -n1

and if you want something a little bit more specific:

for a in *;do
 f=$( file -i $a | grep -Eo ": ([a-z/]+);" )
 [ "$f" == ": text/plain;" ] && du -b $a
done | sort -n | tail -n 1

edited Mar 17 at 21:08

answered Mar 17 at 19:25

Juan

201210

add a comment |

If I understood it correctly:

Assuming all the files has TXT extension, you can do

du -b *.txt | sort -n | tail -n1

and if you want something a little bit more specific:

for a in *;do
 f=$( file -i $a | grep -Eo ": ([a-z/]+);" )
 [ "$f" == ": text/plain;" ] && du -b $a
done | sort -n | tail -n 1

edited Mar 17 at 21:08

answered Mar 17 at 19:25

Juan

201210

If I understood it correctly:

Assuming all the files has TXT extension, you can do

du -b *.txt | sort -n | tail -n1

and if you want something a little bit more specific:

for a in *;do
 f=$( file -i $a | grep -Eo ": ([a-z/]+);" )
 [ "$f" == ": text/plain;" ] && du -b $a
done | sort -n | tail -n 1

edited Mar 17 at 21:08

answered Mar 17 at 19:25

Juan

201210

edited Mar 17 at 21:08

answered Mar 17 at 19:25

Juan

201210

answered Mar 17 at 19:25

Juan

201210

answered Mar 17 at 19:25

Juan

201210

add a comment |

Are there other files in the directory? Can you give us the directory listing?

But barring that I would try something like

ls -Sl $(file * |grep text |cut -d " " -f 1|sed 's/://')

edited Mar 17 at 19:37

Jeff Schaller♦

45k1164147

answered Mar 17 at 19:29

Mark Scheck

167

add a comment |

Are there other files in the directory? Can you give us the directory listing?

But barring that I would try something like

ls -Sl $(file * |grep text |cut -d " " -f 1|sed 's/://')

edited Mar 17 at 19:37

Jeff Schaller♦

45k1164147

answered Mar 17 at 19:29

Mark Scheck

167

add a comment |

Are there other files in the directory? Can you give us the directory listing?

But barring that I would try something like

ls -Sl $(file * |grep text |cut -d " " -f 1|sed 's/://')

edited Mar 17 at 19:37

Jeff Schaller♦

45k1164147

answered Mar 17 at 19:29

Mark Scheck

167

Are there other files in the directory? Can you give us the directory listing?

But barring that I would try something like

ls -Sl $(file * |grep text |cut -d " " -f 1|sed 's/://')

edited Mar 17 at 19:37

Jeff Schaller♦

45k1164147

answered Mar 17 at 19:29

Mark Scheck

167

edited Mar 17 at 19:37

Jeff Schaller♦

45k1164147

edited Mar 17 at 19:37

Jeff Schaller♦

45k1164147

edited Mar 17 at 19:37

Jeff Schaller♦

45k1164147

answered Mar 17 at 19:29

Mark Scheck

167

answered Mar 17 at 19:29

Mark Scheck

167

answered Mar 17 at 19:29

Mark Scheck

167

add a comment |

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