On 10/13/2005 6:43 PM Kirk Strauser wrote:
On Thursday 13 October 2005 06:04 pm, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
What I'd like to is get '-exec' to run this command:
ln -s "/multimedia/Pictures/2005 Kimberly & Rich/IMG_1210.JPG" "2005
Kimberly & Rich/IMG_1210.JPG"
The easiest way I've found is to simply change into /multimedia/Pictures
before running find, then refer "ln" back to your original directory.
Say that you want the links to be made inside /home/drew . Instead of running
find from their, do:
$ cd /multimedia/Pictures
$ find -iname '*.jpg' -exec ln -s {} /home/drew
There - you've removed any need for string manipulation with a simple cd.
Thanks for your reply. This is a good workaround in this particular
situation for getting it done quickly. However I hope to learn how to
actually manipulate the string for future reference. I've done some
reading and played with awk and sed a little but I can't get either to
behave as I expect. If awk and/or sed seem to be the best solution,
I'll post again with specific questions.
Thanks,
Drew
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