Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.011 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; '(all': 0.07; 'bash': 0.09; 'subject:script': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'michael.': 0.16; 'ubuntu,': 0.16; '{};': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'first.': 0.19; 'versions': 0.24; '(or': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'michael': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'sep': 0.31; 'option': 0.32; 'linux': 0.33; "can't": 0.35; 'test': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'thanks': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'skip:. 10': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'different.': 0.84; 'instructed': 0.95; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=C4vyyZZu330FG7Zmg37DD51tGvW7c8BkgH/xVF/carw=; b=bmB7ZICj9j/r/f45Gg17rvUo2i7HySBWXBQVGy/gVvsHnCwYIc5SgEcoCibUtEWlZM 4bF3tzNpnu6TTIPOXQM2C8MmeFlXWfGXmKrJUmIl1eSCk9LvMbfTd5MuRiwEJpEJXGNL 5pOIIrDJBi/FwTBBBKn7ZVEnd4VHRMVu3Ntge5DOVTQDtF1UtDwrlrTk1Yw5OEAArX0A VVyb/HavAlfce81sOyTISPHHZs3+HxajG7Sajl3LHXW3/gEXuUg1EthuJzWVEyKmkqD2 UMvgo00tlKu8Y+f8qXFb1053JslA16OzhIK1eDsNZPS8nU28jIy8xuHoovb5FsZRlO9x oq/g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.152.3 with SMTP id uu3mr10590664veb.16.1378611431324; Sat, 07 Sep 2013 20:37:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <522BF05D.6050909@gmail.com> References: <3f4f33ee-c8e7-4154-a817-c74b26b00301@googlegroups.com> <38324fe2-cbad-4466-a19f-efc0d99f0883@googlegroups.com> <21ac62b9-221a-4180-b759-0a8c73c6ef9c@googlegroups.com> <6291a5d0-ad20-4689-bc1b-570c9e635108@googlegroups.com> <522BF05D.6050909@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 13:37:11 +1000 Subject: Re: Help - Python syntax - repeats script through subordinate folders From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1378611439 news.xs4all.nl 15906 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36991 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:53839 On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 09/07/2013 09:09 PM, BlueFielder wrote: >> I 'think' I did as you instructed =85. but that too failed. :( >> >> >> CiMac:ddd camforx$ find -type d -execdir bash -c 'cd {}; python ./fxp2au= preset.py ./ aumu Alb3 LinP vstdata' \; >> find: illegal option -- t >> usage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f path] path ... [expression] >> find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] -f path [path ...] [expression] > > Some versions of find require a path first. Try this (all one line): > > find . -type d -execdir bash -c 'cd {}; python ./fxp2aupreset.py ./ > aumu Alb3 LinP vstdata' \; Thanks Michael. I'm using GNU find on Debian Linux (or on Ubuntu, depending on which computer I test on), so I can't be sure what's different. ChrisA