Ubuntu shell - export to file only executables

Question

I am trying to export to a file the size of only the executable files in my directory (which doesn't ends with .sh).

This is the command I made, which, it seems, export non-executable as well as executable files:

file -x -type  | size * > /home/user/Desktop/userbinfiles.xls

What I want to achieve, if it's possible, is that kind of file exported:

A file with:

I understand my command doesn't do that.

And Ideas?

Yaron · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-20T09:02:50.087

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You can use the following command to execute size on all execute-ables files:

find . -executable -type f | xargs size

The find command will find all execute-ables files under the current directory
xargs will send the result list of files to be processed by the size command

You can use the following command to execute size on all execute-ables files which doesn't ends with .sh:

find . -executable -type f  | grep -v '\.sh$' |  xargs size

The command grep -v '\.sh$' will remove all files ends with .sh from the list

edited Dec 20 '18 at 09:02

answered Dec 20 '18 at 08:25

Yaron

is there a way to filter out the script files? – Alan Dec 20 '18 at 08:48
How do you identify a script file? (e.g. does it ends with .sh, etc) ? – Yaron Dec 20 '18 at 08:56
yes, supposed we do identify a file like that – Alan Dec 20 '18 at 08:58
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@Alan - I've updated my answer to remove files ends with .sh – Yaron Dec 20 '18 at 09:02

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