find automatically recurses into sub-directories and in fact there is a -maxdepth parameter on many find implementations that allows limits to be placed on how far down it will search.
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Note that if there are one or more files in the current directory with names ending in mbox, this won't do what you want. For example, if there is a file named mymbox in the current directory, but no file named mymbox in or under /Userpath/Library/Mail/Mailboxes, the find command won't list any files even if there are dozens of other files with names ending in mbox. If there are two or more files in the current directory with names ending in mbox when you run the above command, you'll get a syntax error from find.
To let find expand the filename pattern while evaluating the -name primary, you need to quote the pattern to keep the shell from expanding it before passing the expansion to find:
Will this work if the target (SRC) file gets moved to a directory recursively? such as /Mailboxes/Folder/test.mbox? I'm assuming I would use find -r?
Yes, as Chubbler stated, find goes all recursive, either from the path providded as in this example, or just from the current path if none is provided.
Don, right, but since he's 'afraid' of the user moving the mailbox, why not consider the users might also rename the mailboxfile?
Thanks for the quotation need, didnt thought of that late night.
Anyhow, most users (i know of) dont move their mailbox around.
They MIGHT set it up at a diffrent location though, but in that case, parsing that directory (that is not used) will return nothing.
Thanks for the responses, they added some clarity for my script build. For transparency, the reason I wanted this to dynamically follow the path is because its an IMAP mailbox that is being used by multiple clients- so the chance of something getting moved by accident is definitely there.
Hi experts,
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I have a file which has values in each line:
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MP310,ff0000
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I have tried all examples of back referencing from the web but all in vain.
It would be heavily helpful if someone explains me the use of back referencing and sub expression using an example of substitution.
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symbol in file
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