find question

[Mel Flynn]

On Wednesday 05 August 2009 07:00:40 Glen Barber wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Matthew
>
> Seaman<m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
> > Try this as:
> >
> >    for line in $( cat $FILELIST ) ; do
> >        echo $line
> >        find $line -type f >> $TMPFILE
> >    done
> >
> > *assuming that none of the directory names in $FILELIST contain spaces*
>
>    for line in $( cat $FILELIST | sed -e 's/\ //g') ; do
>        echo $line
>        find $line -type f >> $TMPFILE
>    done
>
> This *should* fix any directories containing spaces.

And also make find look in non-existing directories.
-- 
Mel