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Re: how to make an alphabetical counter
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: how to make an alphabetical counter |
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Tue, 25 Dec 2001 17:15:32 -0500 |
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"David D" <dd@asi.fr> wrote:
> eval "find -type f -name \"^\$'\\$(printf %o "$[$number]")'*\" -exec mv -f
> {} ./\$'\\$(printf %o "$[$number]")' \; "
$'' isn't expanded within double quotes.
find's -name argument should be a shell pattern, not a regexp, thus
there should be no leading "^".
eval "letter=\$'\\$(printf %o "$[$number]")'"
find -type f -name "$letter*" -exec mv -f '{}' "./$letter" \;
paul