Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:43:02 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sh Scripting - String Manipulation Message-ID: <200510132043.06169.kirk@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <434EE80D.2010103@mykitchentable.net> References: <434EE80D.2010103@mykitchentable.net>
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On Thursday 13 October 2005 06:04 pm, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> What I'd like to is get '-exec' to run this command:
>
> ln -s "/multimedia/Pictures/2005 Kimberly & Rich/IMG_1210.JPG" "2005
> Kimberly & Rich/IMG_1210.JPG"
The easiest way I've found is to simply change into /multimedia/Pictures
before running find, then refer "ln" back to your original directory.
Say that you want the links to be made inside /home/drew . Instead of running
find from their, do:
$ cd /multimedia/Pictures
$ find -iname '*.jpg' -exec ln -s {} /home/drew
There - you've removed any need for string manipulation with a simple cd.
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Kirk Strauser
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