11-04-2013
Your 1. mistake is two nested loops: find (that loops thru the files) within a for loop.
Your 2. mistake: find's exit status is independent of found files. if find ... is nonsense unless output is tested (e.g. with test or grep command).
Your 3. probable mistake: if two or more files in a directory match one condition, the mv to a common file will replace i.e. lose the previous files.
Last edited by MadeInGermany; 11-04-2013 at 09:27 PM..
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
lookbib
lookbib(1) User Commands lookbib(1)
NAME
lookbib - find references in a bibliographic database
SYNOPSIS
lookbib database
DESCRIPTION
A bibliographic reference is a set of lines, constituting fields of bibliographic information. Each field starts on a line beginning with
a `%', followed by a key-letter, then a blank, and finally the contents of the field, which may continue until the next line starting with
`%'.
The lookbib utility uses an inverted index made by indxbib to find sets of bibliographic references. It reads keywords typed after the `>'
prompt on the terminal, and retrieves records containing all these keywords. If nothing matches, nothing is returned except another `>'
prompt.
It is possible to search multiple databases, as long as they have a common index made by indxbib(1). In that case, only the first argument
given to indxbib is specified to lookbib.
If lookbib does not find the index files (the .i[abc] files), it looks for a reference file with the same name as the argument, without the
suffixes. It creates a file with a .ig suffix, suitable for use with fgrep (see grep(1)). lookbib then uses this fgrep file to find refer-
ences. This method is simpler to use, but the .ig file is slower to use than the .i[abc] files, and does not allow the use of multiple
reference files.
FILES
x.ia
x.ib
x.ic index files
x.ig reference file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWdoc |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
addbib(1), grep(1), indxbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1), attributes(5)
BUGS
Probably all dates should be indexed, since many disciplines refer to literature written in the 1800s or earlier.
SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 lookbib(1)