On May 16, 2014, at 1:54 PM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> writes: > >> Is there a syntax for running convert-ly on a directory without having >> to cd into the directory and invoking >> >> convert-ly -e *.ly >> >> There doesn’t seem to be a recursive option. Since I’ve got .ly files >> in 158 different directories it’d be really nice to be able to batch >> update them with something like: >> >> convert-ly -e -r *.ly >> >> instead of having to cd in to 158 directories by hand. Maybe there is >> good reason for convert-ly not having this capability. > > find -name "*.ly" -exec convert-ly -e {} \; > > is how one would likely do it under POSIXy systems.
Thanks, although when I run this I get: find: illegal option -- n usage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f path] path ... [expression] find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] -f path [path ...] [expression] This is on a Mac using bash as the shell. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user