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converting to Python - Skaperen - Mar-22-2018
many years ago i wrote a semi-complex very critical bash script named "clean" that makes heavy use of the "find" command to select certain files and remove them. the idea is to occasionally cleanup leftovers. i have been wanting to make many changes to it and finally have decided this thing would be better in Python, especially since i was able to write my own file tree recursion generator function that flatten a tree in the order i expect. for the purpose of the "clean" script, my own generator is not required (just about any will work, i think). but, just in case, i will use my own.
RE: converting to Python - nilamo - Mar-22-2018
Cool. Keep us updated :)
RE: converting to Python - wavic - Mar-23-2018
As you know there is locate command which looks in a database and finding files is quick. You have to update that database regularly but it's not a big deal. It's not always applicable though.
RE: converting to Python - Skaperen - Mar-24-2018
it needs to iterate over all the specified files. that much is easy enough. the current version is in bas+awk. the new version will be in Python3. maybe i should wait until i have 3.6?
RE: converting to Python - nilamo - Mar-26-2018
If you already have a version of python3, there's no reason to wait.