You need to code up a bash script that will accept a directory name as its
argument (eg. myscript mydirectory). Your script will then search through
the directory and check for empty files (zero file size).

Though I cannot see the sense regarding this instruction :

> if there
> is no option on the command line, have the script deletet he file
> after displaying its name, asking the user for confirmation, and
> receiving positive confirmation
>

Delete a file if there is no option?? but the argument only accepts a
directory. weird instruction..


On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Francis Isabel <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> somebody can help me explain to me this exercise
>
> write a shell script program that takes the name of a direcoty as an
> argumen and search the file hierarchy at the directory for zero-length
> file. write the name of all zero-length file to start output. if there
> is no option on the command line, have the script deletet he file
> after displaying its name, asking the user for confirmation, and
> receiving positive confirmation
>
> >
>


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