Passing file directly to nano fails with sighup or sigterm

Question

was want to search for a specific file on my server and directly edit it within nano.

i tried it like this, but it wont work

find -name file.php | xargs nano $1

the file is found, but it wont work like that

Received SIGHUP or SIGTERM

how to do that proberly?

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 08 '16 at 02:49

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Another solution is to use backticks if you have to use other command. It's for example useful with git status:

nano `git status | grep modified | awk '{ print $2 }'`

Or, with find:

nano $(find -name file\*.php)

edited Nov 08 '16 at 02:49

sanmai

answered Nov 20 '15 at 13:45

Rafał Wrzeszcz

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This IS the solution for multiple files. that's why it was posted here. – Rafał Wrzeszcz Feb 11 '16 at 09:47
Ah, awesome! Thanks, and sorry for replying a year after it was posted. – daboross Feb 11 '16 at 18:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '14 at 12:18

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i found the solution in using find intern exec function

# find -name file.php -exec nano {} \;

answered Oct 10 '14 at 12:18

easteregg

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This one will execute separate command for each found file, so you will for example lose buffer. – Rafał Wrzeszcz Feb 11 '16 at 18:59

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