On Tuesday, 05.07.2005 at 10:03 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
> I have a script called texclean as follows:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> if [ -z "$1" ]; then
> DEPTH=1;
> else
> DEPTH=$1;
> fi;
> for PATTERN in '*~' '*.log' '*.aux' '*.bbl' '*.blg' '*.toc' \
> '*.lof' '*.lot' '#*#';
> do
> find . -maxdepth $DEPTH -name "$PATTERN" -exec rm -i '{}' ';';
> done
>
>
> Recently it stopped working because "rm -i" in "find..." no longer appears
> connected to the console for input. Typing "find -name '*~' -exec rm -i
> '{}' ';'" directly prints a list of rm-questions, doesn't get an answer,
> and so does nothing.
>
> Why did this behaviour change, and how can I fix my script?What was the previous behaviour - were you prompted for each file that exists matching the pattern and had to confirm it manually? Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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