diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ddc168c..0000000 --- a/todo.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -00:29:01 braewoods ╡ IFS=$'\n'; for i in $(find -name '*.c'); do echo $i; done -00:29:05 ⤷ ╡ This seems to work. -00:30:04 ⤷ ╡ By using newlines, you can get the full path just fine. -00:30:18 ⤷ ╡ Unless the file name happens to contain newlines (very unlikely), it should be fine. -00:31:30 ⤷ ╡ Never underestimate the ability of weird file names to confuse shell. -00:31:47 ⤷ ╡ Usually it is spaces, but it can be quotes, etc, too. -00:32:20 fmlatghor ╡ there's some other languages / ISO so I'm not surprised -00:32:25 braewoods ╡ globs don't care, as long as it matches the pattern it'll work even if the file name has other weird characters. -00:33:02 ⤷ ╡ So that's why this never comes up when you do something like: ls *.c -00:33:26 ⤷ ╡ But it does when you try to interpret the text in shell. -00:34:30 ⤷ ╡ But frankly, it might be easier to just use a language where this can't happen. -00:34:49 ⤷ ╡ There's a lot of weird hacks you have to use in shell. -00:35:21 ⤷ ╡ xargs is a nice program but doesn't work well with all utilities. -00:35:39 ⤷ ╡ If the utility isn't designed to process batch files, it pretty much is out of the question. -00:36:01 ⤷ ╡ If you have to do special file name processing, find's exec is also a bad fit. -00:36:02 fmlatghor ╡ okei I'll figure out what I need to replace in the rogiinal scirpt with the env var you gave me -00:36:38 braewoods ╡ It's simple, the idea is to just do the shell stuff in your shell rather than a subshell that find executes. -00:36:58 ⤷ ╡ If you need to micromanage everything from shell, you may as well just iterate over it manually. -00:37:28 ⤷ ╡ Alternatively, you could do something like: -00:37:32 ⤷ ╡ find | my_function -00:37:42 ⤷ ╡ and let the function iterate over the output. -00:38:09 ⤷ ╡ Of course you can only use shell functions in a pipeline from your script. -00:39:25 ⤷ ╡ The main reason shell functions exist imho is to manage more complex setups. -00:39:36 ⤷ ╡ Due to how shells work, environment is mostly global and shared. -00:39:45 ⤷ ╡ You can only do localized variables in a function. -00:39:48 ⤷ ╡ So... -00:40:21 ⤷ ╡ You need to write functions to keep variables from getting overwritten by accident. -00:40:36 ⤷ ╡ If you have a complex enough script to warrant that. -00:41:30 ⤷ ╡ This ain't in POSIX, but most shells implement a builtin called local that will make a given variable name local to the function. -00:42:17 ⤷ ╡ its main use is to allow you to reuse the same variable names without clashing. -00:43:42 ⤷ ╡ sometimes a complex shell script is preferable to a heavy duty utility. -00:52:38 fmlatghor ╡ okei I'll figure it out tomorrow, I'm too tired and I need to finish one more thing for school -00:59:44 ⤷ ╡ oh I see I couldn't follow the logic because I was drunk and tired -00:59:57 ⤷ ╡ at least I think I understand it -01:00:16 ⤷ ╡ > find: illegal option -- n -01:01:27 * ╡ fmlatghor shrugs