Re: mass Makefile commit
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 10:06:39AM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> Hi!
>
> If you wondered about my mass Makefile commit in the german directory,
> I've found an easy way to check for outdated Makefiles and I'd like to
> share it with you all:
>
> #v+
> for i in `find german -name Makefile `; do
> if [ -n "$(diff `echo $i | sed 's/^german/english/'` $i)" ]; then
> cp `echo $i | sed 's/^german/english/' $i
> fi
> done
> #v-
You forgot a ` after german/english/'
And you can also make it a bit faster and simpler:
for i in `find german -name Makefile `; do
j=`echo $i | sed 's/^german/english/'`;
if [ -n "$(diff $j $i)" ]; then
cp $j $i
fi
done
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