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There's three parts to this: Find all directories (in your case, sounds like you want depth=3 only) Print the top 3 files in a single directory Apply 2 to each in 1 1 should be a separate q...
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#2: Post edited
by
matthewsnyder
·
2023-10-10T14:07:52Z (about 1 year ago)
There's two parts to this:- 1. Find all directories (in your case, sounds like you want depth=3 only)
- 2. Print the top 3 files in a single directory
- 3. Apply 2 to each in 1
- 1 should be a separate question but both `find` can do it. I prefer `fd`: `fd --type directory . --max-depth 3 --min-depth 3`. There might be a shorter way to request a depth of exactly 3 but I don't know it.
- 2 is obviously done with `head -n 3`.
- 3 can be done as described in https://linux.codidact.com/posts/288310.
- Putting it all together, it would be something like this:
- ```
- fd --type directory . --max-depth 3 --min-depth 3 \
- | parallel 'fd --type file . {} | head -n 3'
- ```
- There's three parts to this:
- 1. Find all directories (in your case, sounds like you want depth=3 only)
- 2. Print the top 3 files in a single directory
- 3. Apply 2 to each in 1
- 1 should be a separate question but both `find` can do it. I prefer `fd`: `fd --type directory . --max-depth 3 --min-depth 3`. There might be a shorter way to request a depth of exactly 3 but I don't know it.
- 2 is obviously done with `head -n 3`.
- 3 can be done as described in https://linux.codidact.com/posts/288310.
- Putting it all together, it would be something like this:
- ```
- fd --type directory . --max-depth 3 --min-depth 3 \
- | parallel 'fd --type file . {} | head -n 3'
- ```
#1: Initial revision
by
matthewsnyder
·
2023-10-10T14:07:40Z (about 1 year ago)
There's two parts to this:
1. Find all directories (in your case, sounds like you want depth=3 only)
2. Print the top 3 files in a single directory
3. Apply 2 to each in 1
1 should be a separate question but both `find` can do it. I prefer `fd`: `fd --type directory . --max-depth 3 --min-depth 3`. There might be a shorter way to request a depth of exactly 3 but I don't know it.
2 is obviously done with `head -n 3`.
3 can be done as described in https://linux.codidact.com/posts/288310.
Putting it all together, it would be something like this:
```
fd --type directory . --max-depth 3 --min-depth 3 \
| parallel 'fd --type file . {} | head -n 3'
```