11-02-2010
find + printf help
Hi, I have a scripting assignment for an intro to linux class and I'm really confused about how to do something seemingly simple.
I am supposed to Print the name of each file in the /data/dir16/subdir1 directory in the following format: "My name is: bin"
The desired output example looks like:
My name is: /data/dir16/dir1/testfile1
My name is: /data/dir16/dir1/testfile2
so on...
So first question is, am I on the right track in thinking I am supposed to use the find and printf combination?
Right now, all I've tried is various combinations of find /data/dir16/dir1 printf "My name is:" which just produces 13 instances of "My name is:".
How do I append the filenames to the end of the "My name is" string?
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NAME
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