That's correct. I am just doing echo to check the commands created are correct so
when I happy with how things are set up, I can then invoke them properly.
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Should I do `cd` to the directory so that I can run `mseed2sac`? I am not following
very well how to use `find $pwd`
I give here some of the output. There are lot of stations
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
Have you considered using an absolute pathname on the find (i.e. find "$PWD" ... instead of find . ...) and moving to the directory in which you want the files to be created before invoking mseed2sac instead of moving all of the files mseed2sac creates after it is done?
Your script will run faster and use fewer system resources if you change:
to:
And, I assume that you will also actually invoke mseed2sac and mkdir instead of just including them in comments and echo statements. (This also applies to mv if you decide to ignore my first suggestion above.)
I get the same results
as doing
How is one faster than the latter? What does `dirname` and `basename` work?
I did a test and variable substitution is faster as you say.
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