On Jul 11, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Richard K Miller wrote:
I've created a Bash script to copy a WordPress plugin to every
WordPress installation on our server:
http://pastebin.com/f191ee2b9
On line 13, the cp command uses the -n flag to not overwrite
existing files. I'd prefer to use the -i flag so that I'm prompted
whether I want to overwrite existing files. However, the -i flag
doesn't work in the xargs loop. It simply loops through each file
and answers with the default "no" for each prompt.
Can I make the xargs/cp loop actually ask me whether I want to
overwrite existing files?
Daniel helped me discover the xargs "-o" flag:
-o "Reopen stdin as /dev/tty in the child process before executing the
command. This is useful if you want xargs to run an interactive
application."
Here's the updated, working script:
http://pastebin.com/f755b2cd2
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