Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:12:38 -0800 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find question Message-ID: <200908050712.39131.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310908050800l1158452xb5949f2a1beee47a@mail.gmail.com> References: <42D44C8E-1E22-426C-A9AA-0FBF2A52188A@socket.net> <4A79367F.8000003@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4ad871310908050800l1158452xb5949f2a1beee47a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 05 August 2009 07:00:40 Glen Barber wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Matthew > > Seaman<m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > > Try this as: > > > > for line in $( cat $FILELIST ) ; do > > echo $line > > find $line -type f >> $TMPFILE > > done > > > > *assuming that none of the directory names in $FILELIST contain spaces* > > for line in $( cat $FILELIST | sed -e 's/\ //g') ; do > echo $line > find $line -type f >> $TMPFILE > done > > This *should* fix any directories containing spaces. And also make find look in non-existing directories. -- Mel
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