cdist-type__find_exec(7)¶

NAME¶

cdist-type__find_exec - Find files and execute commands on them

DESCRIPTION¶

find in explorer will only run with expressions given with --exp parameter.

Code will be generated only, if explorer produces output.

For code generation --exec and/or --execdir parameters are used.

Please see your OS find manpage for details.

REQUIRED MULTIPLE PARAMETERS¶

exp: Expression to add to find command after starting point. DO NOT add -exec or -execdir here.

OPTIONAL MULTIPLE PARAMETERS¶

exec: See find manpage about -exec.
execdir: See find manpage about -execdir.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

path: Use this path instead of object id.
onchange: The code to run if something happens.

EXAMPLES¶

# find *.list files under /etc/apt/sources.list.d, delete them and update apt cache
__find_exec /etc/apt/sources.list.d \
    --exp '-name "*.list"' \
    --exec 'rm "{}" \;' \
    --onchange 'apt-get update || true'

# find files with execute bit under /some/path and remove execute bit
__find_exec remove-exec-bit \
    --path /some/path \
    --exp '-type f' \
    --exp '-perm /111' \
    --exec 'chmod -x "{}" \;'

AUTHORS¶

Ander Punnar <ander-at-kvlt-dot-ee>

COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2020 Ander Punnar. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.