Or just use finds' exec option
find . -print -exec <some stuff> "{}" \;
Bob
:wq
P.S. The "{}" expands out to the current file name
----- Original Message -----
From: Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 4:08 PM
Subject: RE: bash programming question
>On 19-Jan-99 Michael Meskes wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a small sh script that does essantially the following:
>>
>> variable=`find . -print`
>>
>> for file in $variable
>> do
>> <some stuff>
>> done
>>
>
>try:
>
>for file in `find . -print`
>do
> ${file}
>done
>
>The braces should help keep the variable consistent. So far I see nothing
>"bash" here. This is also a valid ksh or ash script. If you leave off the
>'function' keyword many supposed bash scripts are valid bourne scripts.
>
