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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting issue while moving files using find command Post 302596771 by methyl on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 09:10:05 AM
Old 02-08-2012
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Please edit you post to remove typing errors. The command looks unlikely (with the #) and the error message is impossible (with the $).

Addenda:
If $dest_dir is a subdirectory of $src_dir there is considerable scope for this script to go wrong.

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NAME
fslint-gui - A GUI wrapper for the individual fslint command line tools SYNOPSIS
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fslint is a toolset to find various problems with filesystems, including duplicate files and problematic filenames etc. Individual command line tools are available in addition to the GUI and to access them, one can change to, or add to $PATH the /usr/share/fslint/fslint directory on a standard install. Each of these commands in that directory have a --help option which further details its parameters. findup - find DUPlicate files findnl - find Name Lint (problems with filenames) findu8 - find filenames with invalid utf8 encoding findbl - find Bad Links (various problems with symlinks) findsn - find Same Name (problems with clashing names) finded - find Empty Directories findid - find files with dead user IDs findns - find Non Stripped executables findrs - find Redundant Whitespace in files findtf - find Temporary Files findul - find possibly Unused Libraries zipdir - Reclaim wasted space in ext2 directory entries PARAMETERS
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Report bugs to <P@draigBrady.com>. COPYRIGHT
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