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Find a file and make a symlink to parent using find and -exec
I am trying to use find to find files matching a certain pattern, and then symlink their parent directorys to another directory, this is my current script (I'm doing this on mac so -printf won't work ...
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Having trouble with img2pdf and spaces in filenames
I am trying to convert a bunch of jpeg files to a pdf file.
When I type the filenames with the quotes all is fine:
$ img2pdf "./Page 001.jpg" "./Page 002.jpg" -o book.pdf
When I go for the ...
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Using a generated list of filenames as argument list -- with spaces
I'm trying to invoke a script with a list of filenames collected by find. Nothing special, just someting like this:
$ myscript `find . -name something.txt`
The problem is that some of the pathnames ...
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How to escape spaces while using command's output in command line [duplicate]
I want to perform the following command in command line :
$ md5sum $(find . -type f)
But this would cause problems when it encounter files with spaces in filenames :
md5sum: Kaufmann: No such ...
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