How to process output of find command in a for loop correctly?

Asked Feb 27 '18 at 07:27

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I'm trying to loop through the output of a find command like this -

SRC=`find /path1/ -name file1.jar | head -1`
DST=`find /path2/ -name *metastore.*`
for VAR in $DST
  do
    cp -v $SRC `dirname $VAR`
  done

I get an error in cp -

Copying /path1/path11/file.jar to /path2/path21/metastore-1.jar
/path2/path22/metastore-2.jar
`/path1/path11/file.jar' -> `/path2/path21/metastore-1.jar\n/path2/path22/metastore-1.jar'
cp: cannot create regular file `/path2/path21/metastore-1.jar\n/path2/path22/metastore-1.jar': No such file or directory

This piece of code executes as part of a build script which fails, but when I try to run the same piece of code independent of the script (on the terminal), it seems to work as expected.

Missing something silly here, will appreciate any help!

asked Feb 27 '18 at 07:27

Lomesh

Note the `\n` in your file name (you actually having two files). – Maroun Feb 27 '18 at 08:01
yes, hence the for loop. I am just not expecting the \n – Lomesh Feb 27 '18 at 08:06
You should probably check your script at http://shellcheck.net/ before asking for human help, there is a number of bugs which are easily diagnosed and fixed. – tripleee Feb 27 '18 at 08:33

How to process output of find command in a for loop correctly?

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