On 02/27/2015 05:05 PM, John Lauro wrote:
> Oops, I meant...
> find  -maxdepth 1 -iname \*.pdf -print0 | while read -d '' -r file ; do
>   /opt/pdfstudio9/pdfstudio9 "$file" & done

That does indeed work!  Thank you!

I saw you wrote me twice, so I read the second one first.

>
> but you probably caught that....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Lauro" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "ToddAndMargo" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Cc: "Brad Cable" <[log in to unmask]>, "Scientific Linux Users" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 8:03:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: need release command for find -exec
>>
>> find / -type f -print0 | while read -d '' -r file ; do
>> /opt/pdfstudio9/pdfstudio9 "$file" & done
>>
>> should work...
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "ToddAndMargo" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: "Brad Cable" <[log in to unmask]>, "Scientific Linux Users"
>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 7:52:03 PM
>>> Subject: Re: need release command for find -exec
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> find  -maxdepth 1 -iname \*.pdf -exec /opt/pdfstudio9/pdfstudio9
>>>>> {} \;
>>>>>
>>>>> But you have to close the first instance to get the second
>>>>> to open, etc..
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried adding "&" to the end, but no syntax joy.
>>>>>
>>>>> How to I get "-exec" to run and release, so "find" can go
>>>>> on to the next instance?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>> -T
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Computers are like air conditioners.
>>> They malfunction when you open windows
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>>>
>>
>


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