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Re: convert-ly question
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Tim McNamara |
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Re: convert-ly question |
Date: |
Sat, 17 May 2014 11:53:24 -0500 |
On May 17, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Malte Meyn <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 17.05.2014 18:20, Tim McNamara wrote:
>>
>> On May 16, 2014, at 1:54 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Tim McNamara <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> Is there a syntax for running convert-ly on a directory without having
>>>> to cd into the directory and invoking
>>>>
>>>> convert-ly -e *.ly
>>>>
>>>> There doesn’t seem to be a recursive option. Since I’ve got .ly files
>>>> in 158 different directories it’d be really nice to be able to batch
>>>> update them with something like:
>>>>
>>>> convert-ly -e -r *.ly
>>>>
>>>> instead of having to cd in to 158 directories by hand. Maybe there is
>>>> good reason for convert-ly not having this capability.
>>>
>>> find -name "*.ly" -exec convert-ly -e {} \;
>>>
>>> is how one would likely do it under POSIXy systems.
>>
>> Thanks, although when I run this I get:
>>
>> find: illegal option -- n
>> usage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f path] path ... [expression]
>> find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] -f path [path ...] [expression]
>>
>>
>> This is on a Mac using bash as the shell.
>
> Have you already tried the simpler version I posted yesterday? I wrote
> something like “for Linux” but if you have a bash on a Mac (I didn’t know
> there was something like that ;)) it should work for you, too.
That one worked where David’s didn’t. I don’t understand shell scripting
adequately to understand the difference.
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