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Rev

Thanks. This answer is probably the easiest to understand. sed and xargs were the two things I was missing. I had the right conceptual stuff, just not the commands to do it. xargs seems like a really powerful command.

I'm a noob
– I'm a noob

2015-10-02 03:55:55 +00:00
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 3:55
yes, xargs is extremely useful.

cas
– cas

2015-10-02 03:57:03 +00:00
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 3:57
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using xargs is also more efficient than a for or while etc loop around touch - it executes only one touch command per many hundreds of filenames rather than one touch per filename.

cas
– cas

2015-10-02 04:07:19 +00:00
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 4:07
Wow that's waaaaay more efficient. Thanks for the help.

I'm a noob
– I'm a noob

2015-10-02 04:49:56 +00:00
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 4:49

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