Richard Crawford wrote:
> I have a script to chmod all of the files of a given name to 777, no > matter where they lie in the directory tree: > > ################################################ > > find . -name $1 -print | while read i do > chmod 777 $i > echo "Modified: $i" > done > > ################################################ > > Now what I need it to do is to go into only those directories called > "messages" and do the same thing to files in those directories. "Directories called messages" means there are many directories called "messages" like "/usr/messages", "/usr2/messages", ... Right? find /usr/messages -name $1 -print | while read i do chmod 777 $i echo "Modified: $i" done find /usr2/messages -name $1 -print | while read i do chmod 777 $i echo "Modified: $i" done > I tried > passing "messages/*" to $1 but, of course, that didn't work. I've also > tried adding a conditional, "if (grep "\/messages\/" $i)", to the script, > but that, of course, didn't work either. > > I've Googled for various scripting tutorials, but none of them seem to > cover this particular issue, which is kind of time-sensitive. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
