>> for i in `find "${dir}" -name '*' | grep '/[^$]'`
>>
>>
> ^^^^^^^^^
>Skip that... it's the same as
>
> for i in `find "${dir}" | grep '/[^$]'`
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
Hmm, I wasn't 100% sure about the results if you didn't specify a name,
but it makes sense.
>What does this do?
>
>
The grep statement removes any somedir/ and somedir entries, leaving
just somedir/otherdir/filename - to preserve directory names.
>While I'm at it, you can do
>
> for i in `ls "${dir}" | grep '/[^$]'`
>
>
Not quite, because ls only gives me one depth of the directory tree,
where find gives me the whole thing. I considered ls -R, but find can
be adapted to more flexible purposes later.
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