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# 8  
Old 06-26-2001
Quote:
Originally posted by kielitaide
Hi there Smilie

Now I have multi-file.sh:

#!/bin/sh
for file in 'find . -name "*.txt"'
do
...
make sure you are using backticks (above the Tab key on most keyboards) around your find command:

for file in `find . -name "*.txt"`
# 9  
Old 06-27-2001
Bug

Beautiful!! Both the input.txt and another .txt file I had in the same directory were changed according to the edits I indicated.

Now I am using 7 copies of Psalm 119 as input text, buried in various levels of directories and subdirectories, and it works just fine! The only limit is that directories and filenames must have no spaces, but I can live with that. If you know a modification that would remove that limit, I'd be interested, but it is not a terrible inconvenience.

Now since I am using one script instead of two, I have renamed it multi.sh, and it looks like this:

----------------------------------
#!/bin/sh

for file in `find . -name "*.txt"`

do

perl -pi.bak -e '

s/judgments/Truth/g;
s/precepts/Truth/g;
s/laws/Truth/g;
s/testimonies/Truth/g;
s/commandments/Truth/g;
s/statutes/Truth/g;

' $file

done
----------------------------------

This could have a wide variety of applications! I plan to use it both with LaTeX and also with normal text content files, and it will help me standardize and also analyze. I am quite excited about the potential Smilie

Thanks and best regards!
K Smilie
kielitaide
# 10  
Old 06-27-2001
Question Ohhh Kaaay :) Now to nitpick...

Greetings all,

I have a teeny tiny bug-let in my multi.sh script, which now reads:
-----------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh

for file in `find . -name "*.tex"`

do

perl -pi.bak -e '

s/a/\\/g;
s/b/\'\'/g;

' $file

done

-----------------------------------------

The first edit (s/a/...) gives me no problems, but the second edit (s/b/...) makes the following errors come:

./multi.sh: line 12: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
./multi.sh: line 15: syntax error: unexpected end of file

What is my problem?

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Best regards!
K
kielitaide
# 11  
Old 06-27-2001
#!/bin/sh

for file in `find . -name "*.tex"`
do
perl -pi.bak -e "s/a/\\/g; s/b/\'\'/g;" $file

done


# 12  
Old 06-27-2001
Quote:
Originally posted by kielitaide

#!/bin/sh
for file in `find . -name "*.txt"`
do
perl -pi.bak -e '
s/judgments/Truth/g;
s/precepts/Truth/g;
s/laws/Truth/g;
s/testimonies/Truth/g;
s/commandments/Truth/g;
s/statutes/Truth/g;

' $file

done

#!/bin/sh
for file in `find . -name "*.txt"`
do
perl -pi.bak -e '
s/judgments|precepts|laws|testimonies|commandments|statutes/Truth/g;

' $file


Shantih!
# 13  
Old 06-28-2001
Computer Thank you MIB!

Between you and my friend Steephan, I got enough hints to construct a solution, which is:

perl -pi.bak -e '

s/.../.../g;
s/a/'\'' /g;
s/.../.../g:

' $file

oooo
ooooo <-- cookies of appreciation for you!
oooo

Let's see how far I can get on this project today!

Best regards!
K
kielitaide
 
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