UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am trying to do a ux2dos to several files. Anyone know the syntax for that ??

Thanks
Zapper

man ux2dos
man find (look for "-exec")

I have tried this but it doesn't work

find . -name "*display" -exec ux2dos '{}' > *.txt \;

Anyone can provide the correction ??

Thanks
Zapper

find . -name "*display" -exec ux2dos {} > {}.txt \;

your problem arose from your redirection (>) target: output got redirected to *.txt which extends to a list of all .txt files in directory -> multiple targets -> shell got confused (and would probably not have acted properly if *.txt would extend to just one file)

(no need to escape using '' on modern systems)

OK..........thanks a lot
Actually I am using a very old version of HP unix and I think the '{}' is necessary....but I'll try it both ways.

Zapper