[CentOS] OT -- BASH

[Paul Heinlein]

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 ...

-- Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>