Pipe which into cd

Why is that? I have to find files with selected permissions and list them as well as their number. Therefore I would like to pipe result of find command to shell In a bash shell script today I noticed the below command at the end of the script. I know what is cd but I am unaware of the significance of a dash I read that the executables for the commands issued using exec calls are supposed to be stored in directories that are part of the PATH variable.

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Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place! Page 1 of 2. Pipe the Output into "cd" I just used locate to find a file "logdumptemp" and would immediately like to change directory to it. View Public Profile. View Review Entries. Visit ECRocker's homepage! Code: bash Find More Posts by GrapefruiTgirl. Find More Posts by PTrenholme. EDIT: forget the rest, piping doesn't work. Find More Posts by Quote: Originally Posted by regarding the pipe.

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