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Re: convert-ly question
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David Kastrup |
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Re: convert-ly question |
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Sat, 17 May 2014 18:32:33 +0200 |
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Tim McNamara <address@hidden> writes:
> 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.
Huh. That does not look like POSIX find.
--
David Kastrup
Re: convert-ly question, Martin Tarenskeen, 2014/05/18