Re: [LUG] Updating the time stamp of specific files recursively throughout a directory structure.

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14/11/10 10:34, Roland Tarver wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> I am sure this is fairly straight forward. But cant think how to do it....
>
> Within a directory structure exist various WAV files (usually lecture
> recordings). They have a time stamp of 1980. How would I touch all these
> files? and update the time stamp. I have a list of the paths and
> filenames in a text file. An example of the file is shown below.
>
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/021010-111302.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/021010-130029.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/021110-094232.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/021110-113322.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/021110-122522.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/021510-092736.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/021510-110411.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/121009-102551.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/lectureRecordings/2ndYear/recordingsToSort/drugs/morphine.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/301AppliedPharmacology/lectureRecordings/110110-091844.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/301AppliedPharmacology/lectureRecordings/110110-105226.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/301AppliedPharmacology/lectureRecordings/110110-140655.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/301AppliedPharmacology/lectureRecordings/110210-091714.WAV
> /home/roly/uniDocs/301AppliedPharmacology/lectureRecordings/110210-111618.WAV
>
> The command would probably need to recursively touch all the WAV files
> starting from the /home/roly/uniDocs directory. Touch does not seem to
> support recursion - according to the man page. :-s
>
> xargs?
>
> Best wishes
> Many thanks
>
> Roly :-)
>
>    
This is really an RTFM problem but
From your /home/rolyuniDocs directory:
find -name *.WAV|xargs touch

Tom te tom te tom

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