[d00d]

As written, this tip will not work in 10.3. It should read:

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du -hc "`find . -name "content_index" -print`"

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Note, it should have used "`" instead of "'". Additionally, this command doesn't work in bash. You will get "File name too long" error. To rectify this, simply use the command:

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tcsh

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This will get you into the tcsh shell. Now the command will work as advertised.

[Nobody]

My hero.
>swoon<
It's not TV -- it's H2U

[d00d]

<johnwayne>Well, you're welcome, little lady.</johnwayne>
/forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[prudhaa]

The tip didn't work for me in 10.2 either -- it's the ' versus ` thing apparently. As a total novice to Unix, I had no chance to make it work. Also had to search the keyboard to even find ` !
Worked with the change. Thanks.

[Mac-Ale]

Geeks... /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
And I can't remember any of the PASCAL I learned in 1982...

[Duke_Thomas]

code:
du -hc "`find . -name "contentindex" -print`"

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Are you sure? This does not work for me in bash or in tcsh. Moreover, I cannot see how it could possibly work ... if there is more than one file, enclosing the command substitution within ""s will say "no word splitting," and you'll get the word too long error either way, or at least file not found. The following, however, works in both tcsh and bash under 10.3.

code:
du -hc `"find . -name contentindex"`

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[d00d]

Worked for me. Not sure what to tell you. Maybe you finked some of your commands or shells? If the second command works for both shells, then it's better.

[Duke_Thomas]

In reply to:

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Maybe you finked some of your commands or shells?

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That's not the problem. Actually, my way doesn't work in either shell actually, and your way works just dandily in tcsh exactly as you wrote it. I blame -- God, I have nothing to blame, do I? Plenty of sleep, plenty to eat. I'm going senile before my time. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif Sorry. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[d00d]

First you go after Jason for the download section, then you try to go after me for something correct. You out to get us Duke? /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[dcipjr]

I haven't gotten my issue yet. What does this tip do?

[d00d]

It's an updated version of the trimming Mail's mailbox files by deleting the index files.

[Jon Seff]

You are correct d00d - we printed the wrong character. Thanks for pointing it out.

[griffman]

Some of this goes on my shoulders, too -- I had the proper backtick in the master document I sent in (which is why this thread confused me; d00d's original "correction" matched what I had in my original file!), but I didn't catch that it got converted to a straight quote when I proofread the final PDF. Sorry, and thanks d00d!
-rob.

[d00d]

No problem griff. I figured that's what happened. The screenshot gives away the real answer anyway.