tricky bash commands :S

trscookie · 03-15-2007, 05:56 PM

hello all I am trying to find out some different commands that i can use in bash like this one:

Code:

cp `locate -i "kings of" | grep /home/cookie | grep -v wma` $ipod

the only problem is, is there are spaces in the file names so how can i achieve this command i think the find equivelent would be something like this:

Code:

find . -ilname "kings of" -exec cp "{}" $ipod \;

however find is too slow

J_Szucs · 03-15-2007, 07:01 PM

Something like this one?:

IFS=$'\n'; for file in $(find /home/cookie -type f | grep -v wma); do echo "copying: $file"; cp "$file" "$ipod"/; done

trscookie · 03-16-2007, 04:12 AM

yes please, like that but using locate.