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Asked: 2026-06-18T06:06:36+00:00

How would I make the following less redundant? That is, is there a way

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How would I make the following less redundant? That is, is there a way to combine the two almost-identical statements into one?

FULFILLMENT="/Users/david/Desktop/pds" # "/Volumes/FulfilmentArray/"
ARCH1="/Users/david/Desktop/etc" # "/Volumes/Arch_01/"

FILE="/tmp/files.txt"

# find all the paths and print them to a file
sudo find $FULFILLMENT -ls | python -c '
import sys
for line in sys.stdin:
    r = line.strip("\n").split(None, 10)
    fn = r.pop()
    print ",".join(r) + ",\"" + fn.replace("\"", "\"\"") + "\""
' > $FILE &&

sudo find $ARCH1 -ls | python -c '
import sys
for line in sys.stdin:
    r = line.strip("\n").split(None, 10)
    fn = r.pop()
    print ",".join(r) + ",\"" + fn.replace("\"", "\"\"") + "\""
' >> $FILE
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  1. Editorial Team

    Find can go through multiple directories in a single command:

    FULFILLMENT="/Users/david/Desktop/pds" # "/Volumes/FulfilmentArray/"
ARCH1="/Users/david/Desktop/etc" # "/Volumes/Arch_01/"

FILE="/tmp/files.txt"

# find all the paths and print them to a file
sudo find "$FULFILLMENT" "$ARCH1" -ls | python -c '
import sys
for line in sys.stdin:
    r = line.strip("\n").split(None, 10)
    fn = r.pop()
    print ",".join(r) + ",\"" + fn.replace("\"", "\"\"") + "\""
' > $FILE
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