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Asked: 2026-06-17T22:50:54+00:00

I am trying to execute the following command with PHP. Any one have a

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I am trying to execute the following command with PHP.

Any one have a better suggestion or and idea why it does not work?

Looking at the error log doesn’t provide any useful info…

Command : 

$pp = shell_exec(find /direcotry/*.jpg -maxdepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l | gawk '{sum += $5; n++;} END {print \"Total Size: \" sum/1024/1024 \" MB : Avg Size: \" sum/n/1024 \" KB : Total Files: \" n ;}';

Log :

[Mon Jan 28 11:08:27 2013] [error] [client X.X.X.X] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in /var/www/html/report/functions/avgSize.php on line 15
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  1. Editorial Team

    you need quotes, and you forgot to close your call:

     $pp = shell_exec("find /direcotry/*.jpg -maxdepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l | gawk '{sum += $5; n++;} END {print \"Total Size: \" sum/1024/1024 \" MB : Avg Size: \" sum/n/1024 \" KB : Total Files: \" n ;}");

    Also make sure the user that executes the script has permission to run find.

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