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hello there

the problem i got: i need to list .rrd files in each sub-directory from the parent directory, then create .xml files for each rrd files, the xml file should be in the same subdirectoryas rrd file.


i have tried
ls |awk '{print "/gpfs/grid/software/rrdtool/rrdtool-1.2.26/src/rrdtool dump " $1 " ./" $1".xml"}' |sh
and it is working if i cd into specific sub-directory

but i have many many sub-directories, i tried
ls -R |awk '{print "/gpfs/grid/software/rrdtool/rrdtool-1.2.26/src/rrdtool dump " $1 " ./" $1".xml"}' |sh
it is not working, because this script doesn't "step into" each sub-directory


could anyone help with this?
many thanks

Code:

rrdtool="/gpfs/grid/software/rrdtool/rrdtool-1.2.26/src/rrdtool"
export rrdtool

find . -name '*.rrd' -exec sh -c '
  f="$1" 
  "$rrdtool" dump "$f" "${f%rrd}"xml
  ' inline {} \;

thank you so much, now it works well.

do you think it is possible to put the xml in the new place, say /user/data/ because the rrd files in each sub-directory may have same name, like dirA have a.rrd, b.rrd dirB have a.rrd b.rrd now i want to creat new 2 set of xml files into /user/data/ that is......is it possible i create dirA and dirB automatically under /user/data/ and have itself a.xml b.xml by using the same script?? which name of commands i might use???


thank you again for your kind help

Under /user/data or under user/data?
The below code creates the directory structure user/data/... under your current directory.

Code:

rrdtool="/gpfs/grid/software/rrdtool/rrdtool-1.2.26/src/rrdtool"
dest="user/data"
export rrdtool dest

find . -name '*.rrd' -exec sh -c '
  f="$1" p="${f%/*}" n="${f##*/}"
  mkdir -p "$dest/$p"
  "$rrdtool" dump "$f" "$dest/$p/${n%rrd}xml"
  ' inline {} \;