Re: [mv] two secure questions

[Murray Gibbins <murray@scotweb.ltd.uk>]

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Adam Kett wrote:
> 
> Murray Gibbins wrote:

> except
> 
> > {}.tmp ; mv {}.tmp {} \

ok, as you know {} becomes the name of the found file in find. So you cat the
file, pass it through sed and save it in a temporary file. As you can't read and
edit a file at the same time. When the 'cat' has finished the tmp file  over
writes ( "mv {}.tmp {}" )the original, and find moves onto the next file.

The last '\;' is to tell find to stop '-exec'ing the exec. :) . Clear as mud.

> 
> but how do I escape MV's [ & ] in sed ?
> 

try '\[' 
as in 

[murray@handle murray]$ echo [ | sed -e 's/\[/e/'
e
[murray@handle murray]$ 



> any help will be greatly appreciated
> 
> because I am starting to tear my hear out  (which is hard with short hair)

you should see my hair :-)

( it's at http://www.morpheux.org for those that want to know)

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