Re: [CentOS] OT -- BASH

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On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 07:21:22AM -0500, 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*?

Because the "grep" in the middle will mess up with the "print0/--null" trick.

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