Re: how to read and then delete a flat file on job server

I am sorry, you confused me a bit by the way you wrote the find-command .

If I am not mistaken, the correct syntax for the find-command is:

     find /folder -name 'filename_and_or_wildcard'

So in your case, it would be:

     find /usr/sap/test1 -name 'TEST*'    

Or as of your notation:

     /bin/sh -c "find /usr/sap/test1 -name 'TEST*'"

Calling this from a script in DS:

     exec('/bin/sh -c "find /usr/sap/test1 -name \'TEST*\'"',8);

Or when you put the filename prefix in a global variable:

     $variable = 'TEST*';

     exec('/bin/sh -c "find /usr/sap/test1 -name {{$variable}"',8);

Good practice when developing script is inserting some debugging statements, like

     print('/bin/sh -c "find /usr/sap/test1 -name {{$variable}"');

The trace file will show the generated command:

          /bin/sh -c "find /usr/sap/test1 -name 'TEST*'"

If the command fails, you can copy-and-paste it into your Linux command line and run it manually. That may give you a better understanding of the reason why.