Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]
On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 03:20:06PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> remove-empties ()
> {
> [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage: $FUNCNAME directories ...
> removes any empty directories under the directories given after prompting." 1>&2 && return 1;
> local IFS="
> ";
> find $* -depth -xdev -type d -empty -ok rmdir {} \;
> }
$* should be "$@" with the quotes.
find "$@" -depth -xdev -type d -empty -ok rmdir {} \;
> (To Greg: is there a better IFS to use?)
IFS is irrelevant when you quote properly. You can simply remove that
assignment command.
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