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Re: replace all versions of a file in hierachy with a more recent version

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From: zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: replace all versions of a file in hierachy with a more recent version
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:21:55 +0000 (UTC)
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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx> wrote in
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> zzapper wrote:
>> I want to replace all versions of a file in hierachy with a more
>> recent version
> 
> Depending on what the criterion is for files that need replacing,
> 
>   for f in oldlocation/**/*(.); do
>     cp newlocation${f##oldlocation} $f
>   done
> 
> pws
> 
PWS,
Wouldn't a find be better?

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