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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 01-Oct-2003, Martin Vana wrote message "newbie question - how to pass textfile as an argument" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I was just wondering if there is a way how to pass a text file with list of > path/files to > programs like cp/mv. AFAIK, you can't. You can, however, use something like the find command. find /somedir -type f -name '*pattern*' -maxdepth 1 -exec mv {} newdir \; (maxdepth 1 limits it to the current directory, otherwise it is recursive.) ~~ Andy Harrison (full headers for details) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQCVAwUBP3s6GVPEkLgodAWVAQHWhAQAij/sg4mNSJzdHn0ISnHF3tgdd7FVgbe0 lIHbNBZn6jFrhrd8QXSv22cHKftN/1kDsoAywB7bLVeXHgzKKek/NuWt98qE3/Rp osVwgGOj8S2c/sBm8tPjHlkcxAdQxM7MlNcMc29sDlQ+smdKYCIjKn0Nv1jPqzeP W3PmyqXefOE= =wuMG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"