I have made a script for recursive listing of files in directories...
#!/bin/sh
# Creates a standard output stream of all files matching the pattern in
parameter $1, including the path.
for FILE in $(ls $1 2>/dev/null); do
echo \"$(pwd)/$FILE\"
done
for DIR in $(ls) ; do
if [ -d $DIR ] ; then
cd $DIR ;
recursive $1 ;
cd ..
fi
done
The output will contain the full path to the files, and I have quotes
(") around to handle space in directory/file names.
But, if I do a
rm $( recursive *.abc)
the script processor will break a directory name at the space, serving
'rm' with multiple files, such as
original;
"/home/niclas/java dev/project/file.abc"
as
"/home/niclas/java
dev/project/file.abc"
Resulting in complete failure.
Can anyone explain why and if there is anything I can do about it, not
including removing the spaces in directory and file names?
Perhaps there is a command that does what I need, and that is well and
dandy, but I would still want an answer for future scripting experience.
Niclas
