02-24-2005
find move
Hello folks. I have read the forum here, almost came close to using some of the hints but too much info so I need a little nudge.
OBJECTIVE: I want to write a script that looks at certain type of files, than move those selected files to another directory, however, keeping the structure (PATH) of the file the same.
EXAMPLE:
if the serached dir is /output and I find a file:
/output/user_a/project_a/abc.txt
I would like this to happen:
mv /user_a/project_a/abc.txt to /code/user_a/project_a/abc.txt
*** basically changing the dir where the file WAS and replacing it with /code but the rest remians the same (so the user does not freak out where his/her file went***
WHAT HAVE I DONE:
I have the find command where I can find the file
find /output -atime +7 -type f -name \*.txt -exec <here I need help> {} ;\
OR
any of you have a better more elegant idea, I would welcome the opportunity to learn.
PS: some of the solutions here have me in awe as how much I don't know. Thx for having the forum.
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shell-quote
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NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
SYNOPSIS
shell-quote [switch]... arg...
DESCRIPTION
shell-quote lets you pass arbitrary strings through the shell so that they won't be changed by the shell. This lets you process commands
or files with embedded white space or shell globbing characters safely. Here are a few examples.
EXAMPLES
ssh preserving args
When running a remote command with ssh, ssh doesn't preserve the separate arguments it receives. It just joins them with spaces and
passes them to "$SHELL -c". This doesn't work as intended:
ssh host touch 'hi there' # fails
It creates 2 files, hi and there. Instead, do this:
cmd=`shell-quote touch 'hi there'`
ssh host "$cmd"
This gives you just 1 file, hi there.
process find output
It's not ordinarily possible to process an arbitrary list of files output by find with a shell script. Anything you put in $IFS to
split up the output could legitimately be in a file's name. Here's how you can do it using shell-quote:
eval set -- `find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 shell-quote --`
debug shell scripts
shell-quote is better than echo for debugging shell scripts.
debug() {
[ -z "$debug" ] || shell-quote "debug:" "$@"
}
With echo you can't tell the difference between "debug 'foo bar'" and "debug foo bar", but with shell-quote you can.
save a command for later
shell-quote can be used to build up a shell command to run later. Say you want the user to be able to give you switches for a command
you're going to run. If you don't want the switches to be re-evaluated by the shell (which is usually a good idea, else there are
things the user can't pass through), you can do something like this:
user_switches=
while [ $# != 0 ]
do
case x$1 in
x--pass-through)
[ $# -gt 1 ] || die "need an argument for $1"
user_switches="$user_switches "`shell-quote -- "$2"`
shift;;
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esac
shift
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eval "shell-quote some-command $user_switches my args"
OPTIONS
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Turn debugging on.
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Show the usage message and die.
--version
Show the version number and exit.
AVAILABILITY
The code is licensed under the GNU GPL. Check http://www.argon.org/~roderick/ or CPAN for updated versions.
AUTHOR
Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
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