I've found part of the difficulty;
Files names are being separated at each space, making a single file
being broken up into unintelligible fragments (example below)
I wrote/ran this code to check it:
#!/bin/bash
for i in `find . -name '*.tar' -o -name '*.rar' -o -name '*.zip'`; do
print "$i"
done
And a sample of the output (1 file, called Down #001 - Down (Part 1).tar);
Error: no such file "./Down"
Warning: unknown mime-type for "#001" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "#001"
Warning: unknown mime-type for "-" -- using "application/*"
Error: no "print" mailcap rules found for type "application/*"
Warning: unknown mime-type for "Down" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "Down"
Warning: unknown mime-type for "(Part" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "(Part"
Error: no such file "1).tar"
As noted by Dave Sherohman, the backtick in `; do was added, and Don
Sparish recommended the check (thank you for the sample code); i've
added double-quotes to $i above but it doesn't seem to deal with this
issue of spaces in filenames yet.
What would this Warning about mime-type have to do with anything?
I haven't tested the unpackaging code as yet, I'm dealing with the
find function first. *grins*
-jordan
On 3/14/06, dalan at visi.com <dalan at visi.com> wrote:
> Jordan,
>
> In the "for" command the find is not contained in backticks. Right after the
> last command and before the semicolon there needs to be a backtick as well. I
> would also think you need to tell find what you want to do once the file is
> found either an -ls or -print command.
>
> I would suggest checking the content of $i before the case command to see what
> it contains.
>
>
> Something like the following.
> #!/bin/bash
> for i in `find . -name '*.tar' -o -name '*.rar' -o -name '*.zip' -print`; do
> echo $i
> case $i in
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Don Sparish
>
> Quoting Jordan Peacock <hewhocutsdown at gmail.com>:
>
> > Brian, I have a question about your code specifically, as I've been
> > trying to modify it, without success. Here's the current incarnation:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > for i in `find . -name '*.tar' -o -name '*.rar' -o -name '*.zip'; do
> > case $i in
> > *.tar)
> > mkdir `basename $i .tar`.dir
> > cd `basename $i .tar`.dir
> > tar xvf ../$i
> > cd ..
> > ;;
> > *.rar)
> > mkdir `basename $i .rar`.dir
> > cd `basename $i .rar`.dir
> > unrar e ../$i
> > cd ..
> > ;;
> > *.zip)
> > mkdir `basename $i .zip`.dir
> > cd `basename $i .zip`.dir
> > unzip -d ../$i
> > cd ..
> > ;;
> > esac
> > done
> >
> > The find definately works. I've tested that. But I haven't been able
> > to get any of the rest to actually do what it's supposed to, and I
> > don't understand what's happening clearly enough. So....
> >
> > *.tar) # this is the case identifier
> > mkdir `basename $i .tar`.dir # making a new directory, with $i
> > being all characters before .tar. What is the significance of basename
> > or the single quotes? Does .dir change it's 'extension' to a
> > directory?
> > cd `basename $i .tar`.dir # we're moving into the newly made
> > directory, although i'm not sure why the .tar stuff is still there;
> > it's a directory now, right?
> > tar xvf ../$i # we execute tar and look for the file $i in the
> > parent directory
> > cd .. # moving back into the parent dir for the next file
> > ;; # denotes end of case
> >
> >
> > I'm experiencing some errors at the cli as well;
> >
> > line 18: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
> > cd `basename $i .zip`.dir # this is the trouble line
> > line 25: syntax error: unexpected end of file # there is no line 25 ?
> > The code ends at 24.
> >
> > I have to say a huge thank you to everyone who has contributed. I know
> > these are kind of stupid questions, but the shell scripting tutorials
> > aren't covering a lot of this. Thank for stepping me through this
> > beginner shell script.
> >
> > -jordan
> >
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