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edited Mar 19, 2015 at 22:43

I am trying to use find so it would finefind a script file and if found execute it in the same directory it found it in.

Something like this: find . -name "CLEAN" -execdir "CLEAN" {} ;

find . -name "CLEAN" -execdir "CLEAN" {} \;

except {}{} is the file found file itself. Which, which is not what I want.

I am trying to use find so it would fine a script file and if found execute it in the same directory it found it in.

Something like this: find . -name "CLEAN" -execdir "CLEAN" {} ;

except {} is the file found itself. Which is not what I want.

I am trying to use find so it would find a script file and if found execute it in the same directory it found it in.

Something like this:

find . -name "CLEAN" -execdir "CLEAN" {} \;

except {} is the found file itself, which is not what I want.

asked Mar 19, 2015 at 3:50

Find a file and execute a command in the file's directory

I am trying to use find so it would fine a script file and if found execute it in the same directory it found it in.

Something like this: find . -name "CLEAN" -execdir "CLEAN" {} ;

except {} is the file found itself. Which is not what I want.