From: Petter Reinholdtsen
-cat $(find /sys -name modalias) | sort -u +find /sys -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat | sort -u
The supported modalias globs for a given kernel module can be found @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ hardware to packages when new stuff is inserted during run time.
one can use the following shell script:- for id in $(cat $(find /sys -name modalias)|sort -u); do \ + for id in $(find /sys -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat | sort -u); do \ echo "$id" ; \ /sbin/modprobe --show-depends "$id"|sed 's/^/ /' ; \ done @@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ list is very long on my test machine): packages to install when new hardware is plugged into a Debian machine, please send me an email or talk to me on #debian-devel. + +Update 2013-01-15: Rewrite "cat $(find ...)" to +"find ... -print0 | xargs -0 cat" to make sure it handle directories +in /sys/ with space in them.
diff --git a/blog/archive/2013/01/01.rss b/blog/archive/2013/01/01.rss index d98c61c1fc..ea3172a891 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2013/01/01.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2013/01/01.rss @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ values stands for. It is in part based on information from this shell script:</p> <pre> -cat $(find /sys -name modalias) | sort -u +find /sys -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat | sort -u </pre> <p>The supported modalias globs for a given kernel module can be found @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ hardware to packages when new stuff is inserted during run time.</p> one can use the following shell script:</p> <pre> - for id in $(cat $(find /sys -name modalias)|sort -u); do \ + for id in $(find /sys -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat | sort -u); do \ echo "$id" ; \ /sbin/modprobe --show-depends "$id"|sed 's/^/ /' ; \ done @@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ list is very long on my test machine):</p> packages to install when new hardware is plugged into a Debian machine, please send me an email or talk to me on <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-devel">#debian-devel</a>.</p> + +<p><strong>Update 2013-01-15:</strong> Rewrite "cat $(find ...)" to +"find ... -print0 | xargs -0 cat" to make sure it handle directories +in /sys/ with space in them.</p> diff --git a/blog/archive/2013/01/index.html b/blog/archive/2013/01/index.html index a081ab31e8..5b969a1f26 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2013/01/index.html +++ b/blog/archive/2013/01/index.html @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ values stands for. It is in part based on information from this shell script:-cat $(find /sys -name modalias) | sort -u +find /sys -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat | sort -uThe supported modalias globs for a given kernel module can be found @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ hardware to packages when new stuff is inserted during run time.
one can use the following shell script:- for id in $(cat $(find /sys -name modalias)|sort -u); do \ + for id in $(find /sys -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat | sort -u); do \ echo "$id" ; \ /sbin/modprobe --show-depends "$id"|sed 's/^/ /' ; \ done @@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ packages to install when new hardware is plugged into a Debian machine, please send me an email or talk to me on #debian-devel. +Update 2013-01-15: Rewrite "cat $(find ...)" to +"find ... -print0 | xargs -0 cat" to make sure it handle directories +in /sys/ with space in them.
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