This is an update to the earlier script.
<span style="color: #333399;">#!/bin/sh
# v1 jcz 30-dec-2009
# This is a silly little script that will search
# for files of a certain type and create a text file of the results
# TODO:
# - Everything
# - Fix this script to run under cygwin 1.7.X after working fine under 1.5.X
############################
# enable for debugging #####
############################
# set -vx
############################
# Global script variables block
############################
# Date and other variables pretty self explanatory, S is seconds
# date format is currently YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS
dater=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S)
dayer=$(date +%a)
namer=$(whoami)
hoster=$(hostname)
directory=$(pwd)
filenamer=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).txt
# sets day of the week for incremental backups
set $(date)
############################
# Clear the screen and introduce the user to the script
############################
clear
echo ""
echo "WELCOME TO THE FIND TO LIST SCRIPT"
echo ""
############################
# Wait for the user to enter a new file extension and capture the value as a variable
############################
echo ""
echo -n "Enter file extension to search for, without the leading dot (e.g. txt): "
read fileext
echo ""
echo ""
############################
# Wait for the user to enter a new file destination
############################
echo -n "Enter a new log file destination without ending slash (e.g., /cygdrive/c ): "
read filedest
echo ""
echo ""
############################
# Create the file for the script named after the file extension
############################
echo "----" >> $filedest/$filenamer
# echo "----" > $filedest/$fileext_files_from_$directory_on_$dater.txt
echo "File created on: "$dater >> $filedest/$filenamer
echo "Script was run in: "$directory >> $filedest/$filenamer
echo "By user: " $namer >> $filedest/$filenamer
echo "Searching for files ending in: " $fileext >> $filedest/$filenamer
echo "This file was written to: " $filedest/$filenamer >> $filedest/$filenamer
echo "The command issued was: find . -name '*.'$fileext -type f -print0 | xargs -0 stat -c 'file: %N | bytes: %s | modtime: %y | changetime: %z'" >> $filedest/$filenamer
echo "***************************" >>$filedest/$filenamer
echo "" >> $filedest/$filenamer
find . -name '*.'$fileext -type f -print0 | xargs -0 stat -c 'file: %N | bytes: %s | modtime: %y | changetime: %z' >> $filedest/$filenamer
echo -n "Hit enter to continue "
read none
echo ""
echo "* Now I will show you the file and be done"
echo ""
echo -n "Hit enter to list or Ctrl-c to quit "
read none
less $filedest/$filenamer</span>