On May 16, 2014, at 1:54 PM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tim McNamara <[email protected]> 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.
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