I always take the later route, using scripts in favor of aliases. I
never really liked using aliases. I don't like changing the behavior of
commands that already exist, as that tends to break other things. Plus
scripts are easier to distribute to other users. Perhaps my preference
is just a matter of taste.
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On 10/27/2010 11:17 AM, Steve Holmes wrote:
And sometimes my alias one-liners grow to something more like a short
script and then I have my own bin directory where I stick them; there,
I can expand on them over time into a more powerful and flexible mini
application in some cases.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 08:34:38AM -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
Let's develop the use of these one-liners a bit further, shall we?
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:20 PM, der.hans<[email protected]> wrote:
Am 21. Oct, 2010 schwätzte Hunter Kreie so:
Although the for loop will probably work for your PHP files, I generally
prefer using a different method for processing lists of files.
/bin/ls *.php | while read i ; do echo "text">> $i ; done
This will handle files with spaces in them and gives you more flexibility
with the input list. For instance, if you have a bunch of subdirectories,
you could use find instead.
You're correct, my loop has problems with files that have spaces in the
name.
Your loop is better for a standalone task like this.
Anything required to use regularly, might be setup as alias added to your
own personal .bashrc file:
alias textphp="/bin/ls *.php | while read i ; do echo "text">> $i ; done"
When one has to use repeated commands like anything for which one might
repeatedly need to use while loops, a .bashrc assists to provide a means of
ownership of complex technology.
In some shops it's even allowed to maintain a NFS, CIFS shared /bin with
scripts and tools submitted and available for use by all engineers,
administrators?
ciao,
der.hans
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