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at March 29, 2014 09:29 by jlmarks
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#!/usr/bin/env bash

#this script calls for three variables to be passed to it, a directory, an indent amount, and a file for output. 

script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
script_name=$(basename "$0")
path_to_script=$script_dir/$script_name

new_indent="$indent    " #this increases the indent amount for the next recursion
new_start_dir="$start_dir/$directoryname" #this sets the next directory
$("$path_to_script" "$new_start_dir" "$new_indent" "$outfile") #this actually calls the same 
                                                               #script with the updated parameters
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This snippet determines the path and script name that will need to be called, and then calls that script and passes it parameters.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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recursively call bash script from any directory

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Bash

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Bash