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Re: Bulk-Add
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Eric Siegerman |
Subject: |
Re: Bulk-Add |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Apr 2001 16:25:27 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
Maybe I've already pointed this out; can't remember, so I'll do it now:
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 09:23:37AM +0000, schmolle wrote:
> $ cd $WORKINGDIR
> $ find . \( -type d -name "CVS" -prune \) -o \( -type d -exec cvs add {} \;
> \) 2>/dev/null
> $ find . \( -type d -name "CVS" -prune \) -o \( -type f -exec cvs add {} \;
> \) 2>/dev/null
>
> Advantage: This will (iirc) handle file names with spaces [...]
This is the only reason not to use xargs. If you have GNU
findutils installed, though, you can use their xargs safely, as
follows:
$ cd $WORKINGDIR
$ find . \( -type d -name "CVS" -prune \) -o \( -type d -print0 \) | xargs
-0 cvs add 2>/dev/null
$ find . \( -type d -name "CVS" -prune \) -o \( -type f -print0 \) | xargs
-0 cvs add 2>/dev/null
"find -print0" and "xargs -0" say to delimit the pathnames with
'\0' instead of '\n', and to take all other characters literally;
pathnames with funky characters are thus handled correctly.
> ps: I'm writing this code of the top of my head. TEST IT BEFORE YOU USE IT!
Likewise!
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|-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. address@hidden
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With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
necessarily a good idea.
- RFC 1925 (quoting an unnamed source)
- Re: Bulk-Add, schmolle, 2001/04/04
- Re: Bulk-Add,
Eric Siegerman <=