Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 23:09:28 -0800 (PST) From: David Kirchner <dpk@nwserv.com> To: Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC - Shell Script Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002082300570.79387-100000@web2.sea.nwserv.com> In-Reply-To: <001101bf7273$e44dc250$070101c0@ruraltel.net>
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Darryl Hoar wrote:
> Greetings,
> I have a directory with a ton of files in it. I need to move some of
> them to another
> directory. Here's what I'm thinking:
>
> ls -tl | grep '1999' | awk '{print "mv " $9 " /home/darryl/test"}'
>
> but it does not 'execute' the mv command. How do I get this cooking ?
You can run the output of your command through sh:
ls -tl | ... | ... > file
sh file
or
ls -tl | ... | ... | sh
If you want to see some verbose output, change 'sh' to 'sh -x'.
There are a couple more ways you can perform the same command to multiple
files. Check out 'find' and its -exec flag.
--
David Kirchner - dpk@nwserv.com
Northwest Web Services - http://www.nwserv.com/
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