22 Jun
2006
22 Jun
'06
2:30 p.m.
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Robert wrote:
Can someone explain why this: find . -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pmd /tmp/test will copy all files in and below the current directory -and- this: find . -depth -print | grep -v .iso$ | wc -l will count all the non-iso files -and- this: find . -depth -print | grep .iso$ | wc -l will count *only* the iso files -but- this: find . -depth -print0 | grep -v .iso$ | cpio --null -pmd /tmp/test doesn't copy *anything*? Any suggestions for a work-around would also be most welcome.
I think that passing -print0 output to grep is the culprit. How about using find to identify the files rather than grep:
find . -depth ! -name '*.iso' -print0 | cpio ...
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