App for checking path character count

[sublevel4]

I need a osX app that will search a shared drive for files with a file path over a certain file length. The drive is a network share that i need to search. I need it to tell me what files are longer than 256 characters and where those files are. Does anyone here have any recommendations?

Thank you.

 

[hughm123]

You don't say if you want to call this from a script or other app, but one option is to open a terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal) and then type:

find /Volumes/whatever -print | sort | perl -e 'while(<>) { print if(length > 257) }'

You may have to adjust "257" by one if my math is off - this command includes the name plus the trailing newline character, hence 256+1=257.

If you want the results in a file, add "> filename.txt" to the end:

find /Volumes/whatever -print | sort | perl -e 'while(<>) { print if(length > 257) }' > results.txt

 

[hughm123]

Alternate single command to use in Terminal, without needing perl:

find -E /Volumes/whatever -regex '.{256,}'
or: find -E /Volumes/whatever -regex '.{256,}' | sort

"man find" for more explanation and other options to find. For the pattern ('.{256,}'), "." means any character, and "{256,}" means "256 or more repeats". This results in any path with 256 characters or more.