Here is an idea.  Traverse an arbitrary directory structure (not /) looking
for files with an ampersand ("&") in the file name, replace the ampersand
with the word "and".

I will be tackling this myself later this week.  We can compare solutions.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Ralph Boland <rpbol...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I can write simple bash shell scripts.
> For example recently I wrote the following:
>
>      #/bin/bash
>
>      if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
>             vi ~/Home/Personal/phone
>      else
>             grep $1 ~/Home/Personal/phone
>      fi
>
> I would like to be stronger though so I have dug up
> some info from the Internet that I will now go through.
>
> I figure it might be useful if anyone has some not too sys admin
> deep shell scripts that need writing then I could write them for practice.
> Proposals welcome remembering of course that you get what you pay for
> and I will publish my results here (unless I get complaints).
>
> Regards
>
> Ralph (Rocky) Boland
>
>
>
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