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Guntis Endzelis
Asked: 2020-08-18 20:34:50 +0800 CST

How do I append a line to all .gitignore files recursively?

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I have a directory that have multiple subdirectories with git repositories. I want to add desktop.ini to all .gitignore files in these subdirectories.

I know i can do echo "desktop.ini" | tee -a .gitignore, but it does not work recursively.

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  1. Best Answer

    In bash, enabled recursive globbing:

    shopt -s globstar

    Then do:

    echo "desktop.ini" | tee -a **/.gitignore
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