BASH "exit"s

uid0sd · 03-26-2008, 05:14 PM

Hi.

I have a BASH script that starts off by changing directories;

cd /path/to/files

find . -type f -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;

Must I use `cd` or `exit` at the end or is it good like this?

jailbait · 03-26-2008, 05:23 PM

When the script ends the current working directory will go back to what it was before you called the script. Is that the question you were asking?

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Steve Stites

uid0sd · 03-26-2008, 05:26 PM

Pretty much, I didn't know weather to exit or cd back. Thanks for the info!

forrestt · 03-26-2008, 05:26 PM

What is wrong with:

Code:

find /path/to/files -type f -mtime +7 -exec echo {} \;

All the "." does in the find command is say, "use the current directory". If you want to use a different directory, specify one.

(change echo to rm above when you are satisfied it works).

HTH

Forrest

uid0sd · 03-26-2008, 05:33 PM

Good point!