On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:16:40 +0200, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote:
> On 09/20/2012 04:29, Polytropon wrote:
> > Correct. You could use different approaches which may or may
> > not fail due to the directory names you will encounter (like
> > directories with spaces or special characters).
> >
> >
Many thanks! The for loop was what was needed.
Polytropon writes:
> Just a sidenote: If you're not using bash-specific functionality
> and intend to make your script portable, use #!/bin/sh instead.
I always start out that way for that very reason. I needed some
random number functions and arithm
On 09/20/2012 04:29, Polytropon wrote:
Correct. You could use different approaches which may or may
not fail due to the directory names you will encounter (like
directories with spaces or special characters).
#!/bin/sh
for DIR in `ls -LF | grep \/`; do
cd ${DIR}
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:03:11 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> I just discovered a knowledge deficiency on my part that
> I can't seem to resolve.
>
> If one writes a loop of the following form:
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/bash
Just a sidenote: If you're not using bash-specific functionalit
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:03:11 -0500 Martin McCormick wrote:
> #!/usr/local/bin/bash
> ls -LF |grep \/ >/tmp/files
> while read dirname; do
> cd $dirname
> #Do whatever commands to be repeated in each directory.
> done < /tmp/files
>
How about:
ls -LF | grep \/ | while read dirname; do
cd $
