bash find command not giving the output i would expect

Question

Im trying to get the hang of the command find but im kind of confused as to why i get this kind of output from this code can anyone explain? Output:

file1
file2
file3
etc...
good morning

What i want is

file1
good morning
file2
good morning
file3
good morning

etc....

for line in `find $1 -type f`
do  
    echo $line
    echo hello good morning                     
done

Thanks in advance

As it is, this code should work. Are you running it from a file? — Michael Berkowski
– Michael Berkowski, Commented Jun 3, 2011 at 18:08
neither your actual output nor your expected output matches your code. Please post the actual code. — glenn jackman
– glenn jackman, Commented Jun 3, 2011 at 18:12

frankc · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-03 18:18:41Z

1

You code should work. This is another way to try it:
find . -type f -exec echo -e {}"\n" good morning \;

answered Jun 3, 2011 at 18:18

frankc

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clt60 · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-03 18:28:13Z

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Or

find $1 -type f -print -exec echo good morning \;

or even shorter if you have gnu-find

find $1 -type f -printf "%p\ngoog morning\n"

answered Jun 3, 2011 at 18:28

clt60

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