How to find all files in all subdirectories using for in linux shell

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How do I apply a shell command to many files in nested (and poorly escaped) subdirectories?

I am using this loop to remove empty lines in all files under given directories and sub directories. But it is not working

for file in /home/zubinan/public_html/src/Acme/*/*.php
do
sed '/^$/d' $file > tt
mv tt $file
done

It says Demo is a directory

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 21 '12 at 06:12

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Try this;

for fname in `find /home/zubinan/public_html/src/Acme/ -type f`
do
    sed '/^$/d' $fname > tt
    mv tt $fname
done

answered Aug 21 '12 at 06:12

Rohan

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I am trying that but how can only specify .php files – Mirage Aug 21 '12 at 06:35
@user1596900, instead of `-type f` use `-name "*.php"` – Rohan Aug 21 '12 at 09:09
You can use both, to protect against the (exceedingly unlikely) event that there is a directory that matches "*.php". – chepner Aug 21 '12 at 12:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '12 at 06:17

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If you want process all specified files in some directory, you can use this oneliner:

sed -i '/^$/d' `find /home/zubinan/public_html/src/Acme -name "*.php"`

answered Aug 21 '12 at 06:17

Cyprian

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 21 '12 at 06:31

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for f in $(find /home/zubinan/public_html/src/Acme -type f \( -iname *.php \)); 
    do 
        relfilePath=${f:${#currentpath}:${#f}};
        // use  relfilePath here

    done

answered Aug 21 '12 at 06:31

Nirmal- thInk beYond

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 21 '12 at 07:51

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or try this:

 find /home/zubinan/public_html/src/Acme/ -type f -name "*.php" -exec sed -e '/^$/d' -i \{\} \;

answered Aug 21 '12 at 07:51

umläute

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How to find all files in all subdirectories using for in linux shell

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