David M suggested: # shell&.> zipth, each lp |length error | #shell&.>zipth ,each lp
That didn't work.. #lp 10 lp c:\test4\00-00-36-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab4224_0060_0000/log.gz c:\test4\00-02-36-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab429c_0061_0000/log.gz c:\test4\00-02-45-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab42a5_0062_0000/log.gz c:\test4\00-05-24-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab4344_0063_0000/log.gz c:\test4\00-08-24-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab43f8_0064_0000/log.gz c:\test4\00-09-39-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab4443_0065_0000/log.gz c:\test4\00-36-16-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00001cd4_4eab4a7f_0001_0000/log.gz c:\test4\00-36-31-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00001cd4_4eab4a8f_0002_0002/log.gz c:\test4\00-39-28-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00001cd4_4eab4b40_0003_0000/log.gz c:\test4\00-40-53-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00001cd4_4eab4b95_0004_0002/log.gz On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:57 PM, David Mitchell <davidmitch...@att.net>wrote: > One way would be to try this: > > shell&.> zipth, each lp > -- > David Mitchell > > On 11/9/2011 17:37, Skip Cave wrote: > > OK, I have figured out how to get a list of each of the paths to each of > > the log.gz files in my directory tree. > > > > lp =: (> 1 }. 1 dirpath 'c:\test4') ,"1 '/log.gz' > > lp > > c:\test4\00-00-36-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab4224_0060_0000/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-02-36-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab429c_0061_0000/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-02-45-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab42a5_0062_0000/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-05-24-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab4344_0063_0000/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-08-24-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab43f8_0064_0000/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-09-39-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00000d48_4eab4443_0065_0000/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-36-16-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00001cd4_4eab4a7f_0001_0000/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-36-31-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00001cd4_4eab4a8f_0002_0002/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-39-28-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00001cd4_4eab4b40_0003_0000/log.gz > > c:\test4\00-40-53-vx1prn123-7b42060a_00001cd4_4eab4b95_0004_0002/log.gz > > > > I know this is a bit of a brute force approach, but it ets the job done. > > Since I know that there is one log.gz file in each subdirectory, I can > > append the '/log.gz' string on the end of each directory path, to > complete > > the full path. I assume that there is some 'findfiles' utility that can > do > > the same job more elegantly without jamming strings together, but I > haven't > > found it as yet. > > > > Now that I have the list of file paths, I need to open each file and > > operate on it. > > > > I have predefined two path nouns: > > > > zipth > > "c:\Gzip\gzip.exe -d -c" > > filepth > > c:\test3\log.gz > > > > So, I can pull out a file and unzip it, given the file path: > > > > $ shell zipth, filepth > > 237567 > > > > But that is just one log.gz file unzipped into a text array. Now I need > to > > iterate through all of the list of log file paths I extracted above, and > > create an array of boxed text strings, one boxed string per expanded > log.gz > > file. "lp" contains the list of files, one path per row. > > > > $ shell zipth, lp > > |rank error: uucp > > | r=.CreateProcessF 0;( uucp y);0;0;inh;f;0;0;si;pi > > > > That won't work. > > > > $ shell zipth, each lp > > |length error > > | $shell zipth ,each lp > > > > Nope. > > > > How can you make the shell command iterate through the list of files, to > > unzip each log.gz file and put each unzipped text string in a new boxed > > array? > > > > Skip > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Skip Cave Cave Consulting LLC Phone: 214-460-4861 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
