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On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:49 PM, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 14/11/10 12:07, Roland Tarver wrote: >> >> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:54 AM, tom<tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> 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 >>> >> >> Actually, i did read the manual for xargs and touch but have never >> used find before so would have struggled putting 2 and 2 together. :-p >> > > These things should be beaten into anyone even thinking of doing an IT > course before they're allowed near a mouse!. > Try doing that through a gui interface... hahaha! I agreed entirely - thank you for my "education" (/beating!) lol Roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq