[Cialug] Need assistance with chown and find commands

Tim McLaughlin timothy.r.mclaughlin at gmail.com
Thu Dec 19 12:55:28 CST 2013 

there are or a few different ways to do what you want,

the find command has a -exec option.

or something like:

findarray=`find ./* -user userA`
for each in ${findarray[@]}
do
`chown userB $each`
done

--Tim


On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Kelly Slaugh <kelly at visionary.com> wrote:

> What I need to do is find all of the files on a server that are owned by a
> certain user (userA) and chown them to userB.
>
> I used the Find command to locate all of the files.
>
> #find ./* -user userA
>
> Is there a way to chown these files to userB with the find command?  Or is
> there a way to chown these files through a cron job daily?
>
> Any assistance would be helpful thank you,
>
> ~Kelly
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:58:37 +0000
> From: Kelly Slaugh <kelly at visionary.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Cialug] December RSVP thread (Kelly Slaugh)
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> I will be there.
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> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:59:46 -0600
> From: Don Cady <doncady at gmail.com>
> To: CIALUGlist <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] December RSVP thread
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> Ditto
> On Dec 15, 2013 10:23 PM, "Andrew Denner" <linux-list at upeke.com> wrote:
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> > I will be there.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Brian Broughton
> > <brian-broughton at mchsi.com>wrote:
> >
> > > I'll be there with dna sample.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org]
> > > On Behalf Of Barry Von Ahsen
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 12:38 PM
> > > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > > Subject: [Cialug] December RSVP thread
> > >
> > > please RSVP here for pizza counts.  no online registration this time
> > >
> > >
> > > -barry
> > >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 20:57:42 -0600
> From: Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: tech doc books about API documentation
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> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Rob Miller <robarooney at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Wondering if anyone has a copy of either book:
> >
> > Making APIs more usable with improved API designs, documentation and
> tools.
> > Paperback ? September 11, 2011
> >
> > *Documenting APIs?Writing Developer Documentation for J**ava APIs and
> > SDKs*
> >
>
> Seems like a long shot that someone would have just those books.  Did you
> ever find what you were looking for, Rob?
>
> --
> Todd
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 21:42:29 -0600
> From: Patrick Mcgillan <patrick.mcgillan at gmail.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Dec meeting directions
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> Good job on your presentation. Brought back a lot of memories.
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <vonahsen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > the meeting tonight is at Businessolver - 1024 Ashworth, WDM (11th and
> > Ashworth)
> >
> >
> > there?s a big parking lot north of the building, please park there
> >
> >
> > the elevator and stairs require a badge, but there should be someone
> > in the lobby watching for people
> >
> >
> > see you tonight
> >
> > -barry
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:32:15 -0600
> From: Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Dec meeting directions
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> Agreed.  Very enjoyable, thanks!
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Patrick Mcgillan <
> patrick.mcgillan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Good job on your presentation. Brought back a lot of memories.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <vonahsen at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > the meeting tonight is at Businessolver - 1024 Ashworth, WDM (11th
> > > and
> > > Ashworth)
> > >
> > >
> > > there?s a big parking lot north of the building, please park there
> > >
> > >
> > > the elevator and stairs require a badge, but there should be someone
> > > in the lobby watching for people
> > >
> > >
> > > see you tonight
> > >
> > > -barry
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 11:27:18 -0600
> From: David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Dec meeting directions
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> Follow up for the History of Linux talk.
>
> For those of you that haven't seen the movie Revolution OS:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaC8Pq9-V0
>
> The LUG also has a copy of the DVD.
>
> -dc
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Agreed.  Very enjoyable, thanks!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Patrick Mcgillan <
> > patrick.mcgillan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Good job on your presentation. Brought back a lot of memories.
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Barry Von Ahsen
> > > <vonahsen at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > the meeting tonight is at Businessolver - 1024 Ashworth, WDM (11th
> > > > and
> > > > Ashworth)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > there?s a big parking lot north of the building, please park there
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > the elevator and stairs require a badge, but there should be
> > > > someone in the lobby watching for people
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > see you tonight
> > > >
> > > > -barry
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 11:33:51 -0600
> From: David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Dec meeting directions
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> Also: someone asked what Bruce Perens is up to these days. He's been CEO
> of Kiloboot since 2007, they aren't releasing any info on what they're
> working on.
>
> http://kiloboot.com/
>
> -dc
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:27 AM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Follow up for the History of Linux talk.
> >
> > For those of you that haven't seen the movie Revolution OS:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaC8Pq9-V0
> >
> > The LUG also has a copy of the DVD.
> >
> > -dc
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Agreed.  Very enjoyable, thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Patrick Mcgillan <
> >> patrick.mcgillan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Good job on your presentation. Brought back a lot of memories.
> >> >
> >> > Patrick
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Barry Von Ahsen
> >> > <vonahsen at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > the meeting tonight is at Businessolver - 1024 Ashworth, WDM
> >> > > (11th and
> >> > > Ashworth)
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > there?s a big parking lot north of the building, please park
> >> > > there
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > the elevator and stairs require a badge, but there should be
> >> > > someone
> >> in
> >> > > the lobby watching for people
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > see you tonight
> >> > >
> >> > > -barry
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > _______________________________________________
> >> > > Cialug mailing list
> >> > > Cialug at cialug.org
> >> > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
> >> > >
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