[BusyBox] Find doesn't have "-exec", xargs doesn't have "-i"
Larry Doolittle
ldoolitt at recycle.lbl.gov
Wed Oct 20 18:55:44 UTC 2004
Robert -
> busybox [find] doesn't support.
> find / -follow -name filename.xxx -exec cp "{}" /tmp
>
> So, I'm trying to replace it with something like:
> find / -follow -name filename.xxx | xargs -i cp {} /tmp
>
> but xargs doesn't support the -i option. Does anyone have another suggestion
> to how to do this with one line?
find / -follow -name filename.xxx | while read foo; do cp $foo /tmp; done
Not tested in busybox ash, but it ought to work in any Bourne-compatible
shell.
- Larry
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