brutal I know but a oneliner cd $(cat /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties | grep -i mpack|awk -F'=' '{print$2}') ; ls -l|grep -v cache |grep -v mpacks_replay.log |grep -v total |awk '{print$9}' |xargs   The last bit is handy if you to create a ruby fact out of the data ... View more