Executing a command line in a directory and its subdirectories

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I'm finally about to make the jump from PHP's mysql driver to the newer mysqli one using the mysqli converter tool.

The tool is called by this command line:

php /usr/share/nginx/html/rather/converter/cli.php -d [a dir] -p ".php,.shtml,.inc" -u -b -v -w  >> /tmp/convert.log

e.g. at the web root:

php /usr/share/nginx/html/rather/converter/cli.php -d /usr/share/nginx/html -p ".php,.shtml,.inc" -u -b -v -w >> /tmp/convert.log

It's a fast tool and I'm trying to minimize downtime and errors I might make by missing a subdir level.

How would I get a list, starting at /usr/share/nginx/html and drilling down, then feed it to that command line?

Thanks for any pointers.

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I suggest to consult the man page for find . Switches you probably will find useful include:

  • -type limits the resulting list to file system items of the specified type: -type -f finds only files, -type -d only directories, etc.
  • -name only items matching the given name pattern are found. -name "*php" will find only php-files.
  • -exec allows to execute an arbitrary command on every item found.

You might find this little introduction to find useful.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

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-execdir may also be of interest.

Regards,
Alister