On 10/16/2013 03:59 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > On 10/16/2013 03:15 PM, Pierre Labastie wrote: >> I've never tried two -exec directives in find, sorry. What I know is that >> xargs is more flexible, >> and I recommand that you insist on having it work. >> It could be something similar to: >> find... -print| xargs -I xxx sh -c 'chmod xxx; chown xxx; echo xxx >> >> installdirs.lst' >> more robust: >> find... -print0 | xargs -0 -I xxx sh -c 'chmod xxx; chown xxx; echo xxx >> >> installdirs.lst' >> >> Good luck >> Pierre > My understanding of -I is that standard input would replace > some string. Would you please tell me if my understanding of -I is > right, and then indicate what I might put in place of "xxx". > > Thanks, > Dan > I had it exactly backwards! -I replaces standard input with a specified string. I used, simply, "file."
The command line with "print0" did exactly what I wanted. Maybe I should now learn about aliases instead of writing a one line script. :) Thanks again, Pierre. You really helped. Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
