Find and Copy Files ?

[2tonejoe]

i am passing a number through a form and the input will be a range like "234204". I need to try and recursively locate a file named this in a directory called repository:

/repository

.../200

......000347872_f.jpg

......000347872_m.jpg

......000347872_v.jpg

......000112949_f.jpg

.../201

.../202

.../203

.../204

......000234204_f.jpg

......000234204_v_f1.jpg

.../205

.../206

 

and then copy the found files to a directory called ready-to-email:

/ready-to-email

...000234204_f.jpg

...000234204_v_f1.jpg

 

I know the file names will have different endings, but the center of the files will have the "client id" number. (yes the subfolders are named after the last 3 digits of the client id) I need to copy all files that match the 9 digit client id number.

 

I saw file_exists but am not sure if that will work because i need to move all files that match and i wouldn't know what comes after the client id. i mean . . . i don't have a way of specifying what the full name is and that seems to be the only way to get file_exists to work.

 

I am not too savvy in this and would love some help. thanks in advance to all the readers and submitters of this forum!

[Daniel0]

Try something like this to get you started (I didn't test it):

 

<?php
function search($path, $string)
{
$dir = new DirectoryIterator($path);

foreach ($dir as $item) {
	if ($item->isDir() && !$item->isDot()) {
		search($item->getRealPath(), $string);
	}
	else if ($item->isFile()) {
		if (strpos($item->getFilename(), $string) !== false) {
			echo $item->getRealPath() . PHP_EOL;
		}
	}
}
}

search('/repository', '234204');
?>

 

It will search recursively through a directory, $path, and print the path to all the files that contain $string in their filenames.

[sh0wtym3]

^ If that doesn't work you might want to try:

 

#!/usr/bin/perl
# FTP file search by LudakoT, all rights given away ludakot[at]gmail.com
# Searches a filename until it's found or when all directories on the server are viewed
# Tested on my local ftp server on winxp and debian
use strict;
use Net::FTP;
use Getopt::Std;
my %args;
my ($host,$port,$user,$password,$filename);
getopts (":h:P:u:H:f:p:d", \%args);
if(!defined $args{h} || !defined $args{f}) {
usage();
}
if(!defined $args{P}) {
$port = 21;
}
else {
$port = $args{P};
}
if(!defined $args{u}) {
$user = 'anonymous';
}
else {
$user = $args{u};
}
if(!defined $args{p}) {
$password = 'foo@bar';
}
else {
$password = $args{p};
}
if(defined $args{H}) {
usage();
}
$host = $args{h};
$filename = $args{f};
my $ftp = Net::FTP->new($host, Port => $port, Debug => 0) or die $@;
$ftp->login($user,$password) or die $ftp->message;
my @start = $ftp->ls; # See what we have in the root of the ftp server
foreach (@start) {
if($_ eq $filename) {
# Perhaps the file is already here
print "File found in: ", $ftp->pwd(),"\n";
if(defined $args{d}) {
$ftp->get($filename) or die $ftp->message;
}
$ftp->quit;
exit; # Remove this if you want to search for other files with the same name
}
search($_);
}
sub search {
my $dir = shift;
my $startdir = $ftp->pwd(); # Remember where you came from
# In this environment, you can tell the difference between directories and files
$ftp->cwd($dir) or next;
my @names = $ftp->ls; # List everything we have in this directory
foreach my $name (@names) {
if($name eq $filename) { # Is our file here?
print "File found in: ", $ftp->pwd(),"\n";
if(defined $args{d}) {
$ftp->get($filename) or die $ftp->message;
}
$ftp->quit;
exit; # Remove this if you want to search for other files with the same name
}
search($name); # Search the next possible directory
}
$ftp->cwd($startdir); # Back where you came from
}
sub usage {
print qq~
Options:
-h hostname *
-f filename *
-u username [default anonymous]
-p password [default foo[at]bar]
-P portnumber [default 21]
-d download file when found
-H display help
Options marked with '*' are mandatory
Example: perl $0 -h 192.168.0.1 -f foo.zip
~;
exit;
}
# TODO: Search with wildcards and question marks
#EOF

 

Found it at https://www.elitehackers.info/forums/archive/index.php/t-8159.html, credit goes to "LudakoT".

[2tonejoe]

but how do I handle the move? also, none of those seem to handle my in ability to search something like: "search *2349712*"  :-\

[Daniel0]

You can move things like

rename('/path/to/file.txt', '/new/path/to/file.txt');