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# 1  
Old 10-20-2015
Executing perl files in many directories.
Good morning!

I need your help again.

I have some perl file. This file, to work, needs to be executed in appropriate directory, e.g. /mnt/disck/new files/abc/003

I need a shell script which:

1) will go to /mnt/disk2/new files/abc/003/perl.pl
2) execute it
3) go to the next directory in new files e.g. ../new files/abd/003/ and execute perl file.
4) do it for all files in new files dir:
Code:
../new files/abc/003/perl.pl
../new files/abd/003/perl.pl
../new files/abe/003/perl.pl
../new files/abf/003/perl.pl
.
.
.
../new files/zzz/003/perl.pl


Could you help me?
Last edited by Don Cragun; 10-21-2015 at 05:40 AM.. Reason: Add CODE and ICODE tags.
# 2  
Old 10-20-2015
Please use code tags as required by forum rules.

That doesn't sound too logical. Are you sure the perl.pl exists in all those directories?

Execute the perl script using its full path, and supply it with the respective directories, e.g. like
Code:
find "/mnt/disck/new files" -type d | while read DIR; do /full/path/to/perl.pl  $DIR; done

Last edited by RudiC; 10-20-2015 at 08:01 AM.. Reason: Added double quotes for dir name with spaces
# 3  
Old 10-20-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Please use code tags as required by forum rules.

That doesn't sound too logical. Are you sure the perl.pl exists in all those directories?

Execute the perl script using its full path, and supply it with the respective directories, e.g. like
Code:
find /mnt/disck/new files -type d | while read DIR; do /full/path/to/perl.pl  $DIR; done

Hi,

I didn't use any code tags, since there is no code or any data fragment in my post.
Yes, I am sure that this file is in all directories. And I know that it isn't very logical.
# 4  
Old 10-20-2015
Well, try (untested)
Code:
find "/mnt/disck/new files" -name perl.pl | while read FN; do $FN; done

# 5  
Old 10-20-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Well, try (untested)
Code:
find "/mnt/disck/new files" -name perl.pl | while read FN; do $FN; done

Unfortunatelly it doesn't work. I am getting some errors from perl file. Normally the file works fine.
# 6  
Old 10-20-2015
Then - correct the errors!
# 7  
Old 10-21-2015
As I said, the file works perfectly and there is no need to change it at this point. The command make a mess.
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