* breadth first globbing
@ 2015-03-31 9:44 Helmut Jarausch
2015-03-31 10:04 ` Mikael Magnusson
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From: Helmut Jarausch @ 2015-03-31 9:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Hi,
I have (unpacked) a directory tree where directories don't have the executable bit.
So, I want to iterate over all directories and set the executable bit.
Standard globbing like **/*(/) doesn't work because zsh tries to cd to the directories
before I can chmod +x these.
Is there a solution with zsh or is it easier to write a Python script for that.
Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut
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* Re: breadth first globbing
2015-03-31 9:44 breadth first globbing Helmut Jarausch
@ 2015-03-31 10:04 ` Mikael Magnusson
2015-03-31 10:42 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-03-31 10:53 ` Michal Politowski
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mikael Magnusson @ 2015-03-31 10:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jarausch; +Cc: Zsh Users
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Helmut Jarausch
<jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have (unpacked) a directory tree where directories don't have the executable bit.
> So, I want to iterate over all directories and set the executable bit.
>
> Standard globbing like **/*(/) doesn't work because zsh tries to cd to the directories
> before I can chmod +x these.
>
> Is there a solution with zsh or is it easier to write a Python script for that.
>
> Many thanks for a hint,
> Helmut
I would probably just chmod -R +x followed by chmod -x **/*(.), that's
assuming you don't have a mix of +x and -x files already though.
--
Mikael Magnusson
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* Re: breadth first globbing
2015-03-31 10:04 ` Mikael Magnusson
@ 2015-03-31 10:42 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-03-31 12:10 ` Mikael Magnusson
2015-03-31 10:53 ` Michal Politowski
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bart Schaefer @ 2015-03-31 10:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mikael Magnusson; +Cc: Zsh Users, jarausch
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On Mar 31, 2015 3:05 AM, "Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Helmut Jarausch
> <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> >
> > I have (unpacked) a directory tree where directories don't have the
executable bit.
> >
> > Standard globbing like **/*(/) doesn't work because zsh tries to cd to
the directories
> > before I can chmod +x these.
> >
>
> I would probably just chmod -R +x followed by chmod -x **/*(.)
Breadth-first globbing is **/*(/Od)
but in this case the problem is that globbing itself can't match anything
until the directory modes have changed, I think?
So I'd just do something like
while chmod +x **/*(/^x); do :; done
Assuming you have nomatch set so the loop will fail when all directories
have the x mode.
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* Re: breadth first globbing
2015-03-31 10:04 ` Mikael Magnusson
2015-03-31 10:42 ` Bart Schaefer
@ 2015-03-31 10:53 ` Michal Politowski
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Michal Politowski @ 2015-03-31 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zsh Users
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:04:37 +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Helmut Jarausch
> <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have (unpacked) a directory tree where directories don't have the executable bit.
> > So, I want to iterate over all directories and set the executable bit.
> >
> > Standard globbing like **/*(/) doesn't work because zsh tries to cd to the directories
> > before I can chmod +x these.
> >
> > Is there a solution with zsh or is it easier to write a Python script for that.
> >
> > Many thanks for a hint,
> > Helmut
>
> I would probably just chmod -R +x followed by chmod -x **/*(.), that's
> assuming you don't have a mix of +x and -x files already though.
Even simpler should be chmod -R +X (with a capital 'X')
--
Michał Politowski
Talking has been known to lead to communication if practiced carelessly.
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* Re: breadth first globbing
2015-03-31 10:42 ` Bart Schaefer
@ 2015-03-31 12:10 ` Mikael Magnusson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mikael Magnusson @ 2015-03-31 12:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bart Schaefer; +Cc: Zsh Users, jarausch
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Bart Schaefer
<schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 31, 2015 3:05 AM, "Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Helmut Jarausch
>> <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > I have (unpacked) a directory tree where directories don't have the
>> > executable bit.
>> >
>> > Standard globbing like **/*(/) doesn't work because zsh tries to cd to
>> > the directories
>> > before I can chmod +x these.
>> >
>>
>> I would probably just chmod -R +x followed by chmod -x **/*(.)
>
> Breadth-first globbing is **/*(/Od)
> but in this case the problem is that globbing itself can't match anything
> until the directory modes have changed, I think?
>
> So I'd just do something like
>
> while chmod +x **/*(/^x); do :; done
>
> Assuming you have nomatch set so the loop will fail when all directories
> have the x mode.
Another possibility is
: **/*(/e:chmod +x \$REPLY:)
But it will run very slowly if there are a large number of directories
(one fork per directory).
--
Mikael Magnusson
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* breadth first globbing
@ 2015-03-31 9:32 Helmut Jarausch
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From: Helmut Jarausch @ 2015-03-31 9:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Hi,
I have (unpacked) a directory tree where directories don't have the executable bit.
So, I want to iterate over all directories and set the executable bit.
Standard globbing like **/*(/) doesn't work because zsh tries to cd to the directories
before I can chmod +x these.
Is there a solution with zsh or is it easier to write a Python script for that.
Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut
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