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thank you very much i corrected it but now have trouble connecting find and a variable it just does not search for anything

Cyanide
– Cyanide

2020-04-19 21:30:34 +00:00
Commented Apr 19, 2020 at 21:30
Not sure what does that mean.

Jetchisel
– Jetchisel

2020-04-19 21:31:34 +00:00
Commented Apr 19, 2020 at 21:31
i mean this line in the end find $MAINBUFFER it should do same asfind -iname name when i type manually in terminal manually find -iname name using the same name as in this script it works but does not seem to work in script :/ it basically searches nothing

Cyanide
– Cyanide

2020-04-19 21:39:07 +00:00
Commented Apr 19, 2020 at 21:39
Did you tried shellcheck.net since you're script is that long I suggest you ask another question and post it again, You're issue of missing something was resolved this is another issue.

Jetchisel
– Jetchisel

2020-04-19 21:43:26 +00:00
Commented Apr 19, 2020 at 21:43

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