On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:20 PM, der.hans
<PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
Am 21. Oct, 2010 schwätzte Hunter Kreie so:
Although the for loop will probably work for your PHP files, I generally prefer using a different method for processing lists of files.
/bin/ls *.php | while read i ; do echo "text" >> $i ; done
This will handle files with spaces in them and gives you more flexibility with the input list. For instance, if you have a bunch of subdirectories, you could use find instead.
You're correct, my loop has problems with files that have spaces in the
name.
Your loop is better for a standalone task like this.
Anything required to use regularly, might be setup as alias added to your own personal .bashrc file:
alias textphp="/bin/ls *.php | while read i ; do echo "text" >> $i ; done"
When one has to use repeated commands like anything for which one might repeatedly need to use while loops, a .bashrc assists to provide a means of ownership of complex technology.
In some shops it's even allowed to maintain a NFS, CIFS shared /bin with scripts and tools submitted and available for use by all engineers, administrators?
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