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Old 06-03-2007
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find doesn't print directoriy name with a trailing /, so your sed command works only for subdirectories.
Modifify your command

Code:
find /home/"$dir1" -type d -print |
sed "s;^/home/$dir1\(/\|$\);/home/$dir2\1;'" |
while read newdir
Jean-Pierre.
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