I'm looking for a command or bash script that will create an index.html file in every directory and subdirectory starting at the current directory. I would like it to prompt to overwrite so I don't delete a good index.html file.
diocode 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostThis doesn't prompt to overwrite; it does nothing in directories already containing index.html:
ndx=index.html find . -type d | while read dir do ( cd "$dir" && [ -s "$ndx" ] || mkindex > "$ndx" ## where mkindex is a script to create index file ) done
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L7Sqr 227 Practically a Master Poster
$ export INDEXFILE=/path/to/index/file/index.html
$ find . -type d -exec cp -i ${INDEXFILE} '{}' \;That copies ${INDEXFILE} interactively to every directory found below the execution point.
N.B. Not tested.
cfajohnson 7 Shell scripter and author
This doesn't prompt to overwrite; it does nothing in directories already containing index.html:
ndx=index.html
find . -type d | while read dir
do
(
cd "$dir" &&
[ -s "$ndx" ] || mkindex > "$ndx" ## where mkindex is a script to create index file
)
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