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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Recursion in a bash script Post 302799051 by MadeInGermany on Thursday 25th of April 2013 04:29:52 PM
Old 04-25-2013
Comment on the original code.
You don't make use of $1 parameter so don't need $dir
Indeed you can use the inheritance of the current work directory - but you need to change it before the recursive call.
So do not restore it i.e. do not cd .. (you may but not need to do cd .. afterwards)
 

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