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September 11th, 2003, 01:53 PM

monaLisa

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find and remove

Hi,

Want to cycle through each single in a directory, remove all lines not containing |, write the ouput in a new and overwrite the old file with the new one.

I have this code:

Code:

files=`find . -print | sort`
for myfile in $files; do
   grep '|' $myfile > $OutFILE
   mv -f $OutFILE $myfile
done

but I am getting the following problems:

1.) Displays the content of the file --> I don't want that
2.) does nothing else

Could someone please give an idea?

Cheers,
monaL

September 11th, 2003, 04:04 PM

druuna

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LOL This question is crossposted: linux forum and here.

Look at the linux forum, just posted your answer there.

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