Can you make a script that iterates through a folder (for example the home directory) and prints the names of all regular files that are executable?
2 Answers
Are you aware that the find command has an -executable switch?
If you want to see all executable files in all subdirectories, you might do:
find ./ -type f -executable
If you want to see all executable files, but just in your directory, you might do:
find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable
I can.
#!/bin/bash
for d in "$@"
do [[ -d "$d" ]] || { printf '\n"%s" not a directory\n' "$d"; continue; }
for f in "$d"/* "$d"/.*; do [[ -f "$f" && -x "$f" ]] && ls -l "$f"; done
done
But use find as Dominique advised.
Why reinvent the wheel?
Still, there's a lot going on there that could be useful.
Let me know if you have questions.
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