sh Scripting - String Manipulation

[Paul Schmehl]

--On October 13, 2005 4:04:45 PM -0700 Drew Tomlinson 
<drew at mykitchentable.net> wrote:

> I'm working on a script that reads a directory using 'find' and its
> '-exec' primary to create a symlink to the file.  So for example, I have
> the following command:
>
find /multimedia/Pictures -iname "*.jpg" -print | cut -d'/' -f4

You'll have to play with the field value (-f) to get the right location, 
but this would return only the filename.
>
> This command returns a bunch of filenames.  Here's an example of one:
>
> /multimedia/Pictures/2005 Kimberly & Rich/IMG_1210.JPG
>
> What I'd like to is get '-exec' to run this command:
>
I don't understand what you're trying to do here.

> ln -s "/multimedia/Pictures/2005 Kimberly & Rich/IMG_1210.JPG" "2005
> Kimberly & Rich/IMG_1210.JPG"
>
Are you trying to create symlinks in a different directory?  If so, why not 
do this?

ln -s dir1/ dir2/

Then, when you add new files to dir1/ they will automatically show up in 
dir2/ because the dir is symlinked rather than the individual files.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
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University of Texas at Dallas
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