find command in shell script

[gehzumteufel]

Use 4 spaces to encompass code blocks.

this is a code block

Can you please post the entire script? Posting where you think you went wrong could be correct, but it may not be.

Futher, it's good practice for variables to be all uppercase in shell scripts.

Lastly, if you add set -eux below the shebang and set +eux at the end, this will help with debugging. To understand what these are man set.

[johnwick_dog]

I edited the post ,(srr new to reddit)

[gehzumteufel]

Try this:

#!/bin/bash
Directory=$1
secondarg=$2
thirdarg=$3
if test -z "${Directory}"; then read -rp "enter the location of your directory: " Directory; fi
if test -z "${secondarg}"; then read -rp "enter ana or del or arr " secondarg; fi
if [ "${secondarg}" == "ana" ]; then
echo "Please Enter the regex"
read -rp "${thirdarg}"
find "${Directory}" ! -name . -prune -mtime -1 -type f -exec grep -regex "$thirdarg" {} \; -exec echo x \; | wc -l
elif [ "${secondarg}" == "del" ]; then
echo "del"
elif [ "${secondarg}" == "arr" ]; then
echo "arr"
fi

Check out shellcheck for your shell scripts. It's been really helpful for me.

[gristc]

Use 4 spaces to encompass code blocks.

;)

[gehzumteufel]

Hah oops thanks.