Try this: #! /usr/bin/sh LOCATE=`which locate` GREP=`which grep` CP=`which cp` # Destination path to copy destination="/opt/kde/share/icons" # command to find. MYFILE=$1 | netscape # Your filter. MYFILTER=$2 | xpm # Run the search and copy. $LOCATE $MYFILE | $GREP $MYFILTER | while read fileToCopy do if [ -f $fileToCopy ]; then printf "copying file: %s\n" `basename $fileToCopy` $COPY -f $fileToCopy $destination else printf "%s is not a valid file\n" `basename $fileToCopy` fi done exit 0 ---- cut here --- Hope this helps -William At 09:40 AM 12/3/2001 +0000, you wrote:

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I want to do this (dont give me other ways of doing this

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since I want to make an abstract to apply in other situations)

# locate netscape (pipe) grep xpm (pipe) cp stdout /opt/kde/share/icons

Now how do I assign:

"locate netscape (pipe) grep xpm"

to be variable $1 and then how do I manage to make cp copy $1 ?

What about more than a variable?

Thanks!

Raul

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Hi Paul,

You could try the following:

for fname in $(locate netscape | grep xpm); do cp $fname /opt/kde/share/icons done

HTH,

Thomas Adam

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