find “$path” ( -type d -o -type f ) -name ‘[.]*’ -print0

where $path is a string with a file system path. This finds all files or directories in a subtree with names that begin with a dot (.svn, .DS_Store, etc). Currently, the output is piped to xargs to delete the files it finds. It uses the -print0 to account for space characters in $path.

What I would like to do is have the output redirected into an array where each array element is a string path value for a file/directory with a dot name. The problem I am having is that there are many files the subtree that have spaces in their name and when the find command output is redirected to the array the space characters in the string cause it to be split into more than one array element.

For example, a string like:
web/Cappuccino/iTunes Layout/Frameworks/AppKit/Resources/.DS_Store

will be split at iTunesLayout to create array elements

array[n] = web/Cappuccino/iTunes
array[n+1] = Layout/Frameworks/AppKit/Resources/.DS_Store

I have tried a number of different syntaxes all with the same result. I feel like it’s just a simple error in my variable quoting or something, but I am stuck. I think it should look something like this (but this is wrong):

array=( `find “$path” ( -type f -or -type d ) -name ‘[.]*’ -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1` )

Any suggestions? I am really stuck on this.

Cheers

echo “Total packages found: ” $(rpm -qa | grep -c “some string”)

#Search for packages and remove them one by one
for package in $(rpm -qa | grep “some string”);
do
echo “Removing ” $package
rpm -fe $package
done

#Cleanup
Clean up commands

echo “Remaining packages: ” $(rpm -qa | grep -c “some string”)

——————————————————
NOTES : Sample code for [ jot ] command…
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# +———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+
RANDOM NUMBERS – print three random numbers between [1 - 500]
[2007.06.08](06:26AM) -> [bhernandez] ~
$ operation=-r ; reps=3 ; begin=1 ; end=500 ; jot $operation $reps $begin $end

15
438
164
# +———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+

SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS

jot 21 -1 1.00 # prints 21 evenly spaced numbers increasing from -1 to 1.

jot 20 5 # prints 20 evenly spaced numbers starting at 5

my_seq=`jot 20 1` # prints 20 evenly spaced numbers starting at 1
echo ${my_seq}

# +———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+
# ROUTINE FROM bh_dir_samples – Example using {sed, wc, jot, and a for loop}
# FOR MORE EXAMPLES SEE –> bh_dir_samples
# +———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+
echo
echo “( 19 ) BASH – Example using {sed, wc, jot, and a for loop}”
my_path=”/tmp/state/city/farm/barn/tractor/keys/red/small”
my_str=`echo “$my_path” | sed ’s/// /g’`
my_word_count=`echo $my_str | wc -w` ;
how_many_levels_back=2
max_count=`expr $my_word_count – $how_many_levels_back`
my_seq=`jot $max_count 1` # prints 20 evenly spaced numbers starting at 1

n=1
for arg in $my_str ;
do
if [ $n -gt 0 ]
then
if [ $n -le $max_count ]
then
# echo -n “$n/$arg”
# echo -n “/$arg”
my_result=”${my_result}/${arg}”
fi
fi
let “n++”
done

echo “( a ) –> $my_path = $my_path”
echo “( b ) –> $how_many_levels_back = $how_many_levels_back”
echo “( c ) –> $max_count = $max_count”
echo “( d ) –> $my_seq = `echo $my_seq`” # ( d ) This one shows up on one line
echo “( e ) –> $my_seq = ${my_seq}” # ( e ) This shows up on separate lines
echo “( f ) –> $my_seq = `echo $my_seq | sed ’s/n/ /g’`” # ( f ) This one shows up on one line
echo “( g ) –> $my_result = $my_result”

exit
# +———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+
# RESULTS
# +———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+
( 19 ) BASH – Example using {sed, wc, jot, and a for loop}
( a ) –> $my_path = /tmp/state/city/farm/barn/tractor/keys/red/small
( b ) –> $how_many_levels_back = 2
( c ) –> $max_count = 7
( d ) –> $my_seq = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
( e ) –> $my_seq = 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
( f ) –> $my_seq = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
( g ) –> $my_result = /tmp/state/city/farm/barn/tractor/keys

# +———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+
[2007.05.08](04:40PM) -> [bhernandez] ~
$
# +———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+———+

created by APARNA……….

program

echo ” program to convert a decimal number into its equivalent binary number…….”
echo -e “enter a decimal number….”
read no
d=$no
echo “____________________________________________________________”
r=0
b=0
if test $d -eq 0
then
echo “Binary of 0 is 0…”
else
if test $d -eq 1
then
echo “Binary of 1 is 1…”
else
i=0
echo “d=$d”
while [ $d -ne 1 ]
do
r=`expr $d % 2`
d=`expr $d / 2`
echo ” r=$r”
echo “d=$d”
#add one by one element in an array………
a=( “${a[@]}” “$r” )
i=$i+1
done
a=( “${a[@]}” “$d” )
fi
fi
echo “___________________________________________________________”
len=${#a[*]}
echo “equivalent binary number of $no is…..”
j=-1
l=`expr $len – 1`
while [ $l -gt $j ]; do
printf “%2d” ${a[$l]}
let l–
done
printf “n”
echo ” GOOD BYE……….”