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Old 05-17-2008
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Code:
find . -name '*.tif' |
sed -e 's%\(.//*\)\(.\)\(.\)\(.\)\(.*\)%ditto \1\2\3\4\5 /some/path/\2/\3/\4/%'
| sh
It's a thin line between a one-liner and an "actual script".
Last edited by era; 05-17-2008 at 05:56 AM. Reason: Optionally allow more than one slash
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