Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: coreutils
basename does not return the correct basename when executed using
command substitution from find (-exec) or xargs (dirname does).
works using find -exec directly
$ find . -type f -iname '*.jpg' -exec basename {} \;
Patio before.JPG
Patio1-1.JPG
Patio1-2.JPG
Patio1-3.JPG
does not work using find -exec using command substitution
$ find . -type f -iname '*.jpg' -exec printf "$( basename {} ) \n" \;
./Patio before.JPG
./Patio1-1.JPG
./Patio1-2.JPG
./Patio1-3.JPG
dirname works using find -exec using command substitution
$ find . -type f -iname '*.jpg' -exec printf "$( dirname {} ) \n" \;
.
.
.
.
works direct from xargs
printf "./Patio1-1.JPG\n" | xargs -0 -I{} basename {}
Patio1-1.JPG
does not work from xargs with command substitution (again dirname does)
printf "./Patio1-1.JPG\n" | xargs -0 -I{} printf " fullname:{} basename:$(
basename "{}" ) dirname:$( dirname "{}" )\n"
fullname:./Patio1-1.JPG
basename:./Patio1-1.JPG
dirname:.
System information:
9.10 karmic
ii findutils 4.4.2-1
utilities for finding files--find, xargs
ii coreutils 7.4-2ubuntu1
The GNU core utilities
uname -a
Linux aegir 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 02:39:34 UTC 2010
x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ which basename
/usr/bin/basename
Let me know if you need anything else to help with this. Thanks,
** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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basename problems with xargs/find and command substitution
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523453
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