[bug #31338] find -exec bash -c mv only acts on first thing found by find

[Robin Anderson]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?31338>

                 Summary: find -exec bash -c mv only acts on first thing
found by find
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: rasyn
            Submitted on: Fri 15 Oct 2010 03:54:29 AM GMT
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.2
           Fixed Release: None

    _______________________________________________________

Details:

Pretty sure this is an issue with find. Works with echo, when they're removed
it does not. mv doesn't work but cp -r does. Might be because find is looking
in a nonexistent dir then thinks its done for some reason. Please edit any
inaccurate parts of this bug submission.

If this is expected behavior, maybe find should output something about it
stopping early.

Confirmed on Ubuntu 9.10 and on Arch both with findutils 4.4.2

Here's a small bash script to demonstrate the issue:

address@hidden:~$ cat findtest.sh 
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p ~/test/find/{1,2,3}
mkdir ~/test/find/1/{a,b,c}
touch ~/test/find/1/a/a.file ~/test/find/1/b/b.file ~/test/find/1/c/c.file
find ~/test/find/1 -iname "*.file" -exec bash -c 'set -x; echo cp "$1"
~/test/find/2/ && echo mv "${1%/*}" ~/test/find/3/' -- {} \;
echo "for some reason this fails (only moves the first)"
find ~/test/find/1 -iname "*.file" -exec bash -c 'set -x; cp "$1"
~/test/find/2/ && mv "${1%/*}" ~/test/find/3/' -- {} \;
echo "but this works (does more than one, ie the last two)"
find ~/test/find/1 -iname "*.file" -exec bash -c 'set -x; cp "$1"
~/test/find/2/ && cp -r "${1%/*}" ~/test/find/3/' -- {} \;
echo "cleanup"
rm -r ~/test/find
address@hidden:~$ bash findtest.sh 
+ echo cp /home/abe/test/find/1/a/a.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
cp /home/abe/test/find/1/a/a.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
+ echo mv /home/abe/test/find/1/a /home/abe/test/find/3/
mv /home/abe/test/find/1/a /home/abe/test/find/3/
+ echo cp /home/abe/test/find/1/b/b.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
cp /home/abe/test/find/1/b/b.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
+ echo mv /home/abe/test/find/1/b /home/abe/test/find/3/
mv /home/abe/test/find/1/b /home/abe/test/find/3/
+ echo cp /home/abe/test/find/1/c/c.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
cp /home/abe/test/find/1/c/c.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
+ echo mv /home/abe/test/find/1/c /home/abe/test/find/3/
mv /home/abe/test/find/1/c /home/abe/test/find/3/
for some reason this fails (only moves the first)
+ cp /home/abe/test/find/1/a/a.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
+ mv /home/abe/test/find/1/a /home/abe/test/find/3/
but this works (does more than one, ie the last two)
+ cp /home/abe/test/find/1/b/b.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
+ cp -r /home/abe/test/find/1/b /home/abe/test/find/3/
+ cp /home/abe/test/find/1/c/c.file /home/abe/test/find/2/
+ cp -r /home/abe/test/find/1/c /home/abe/test/find/3/
cleanup




    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?31338>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via/by Savannah
  http://savannah.gnu.org/