How can I process the results of find in a bash script?

Question

I\'m trying to use an array to store a list of file names using the find command.

For some reason the array fails to work in the bash used by the school

Answer 1

You could use something like that:

find . -name '*.txt' | while read line; do
    echo "Processing file '$line'"
done

E.g. make a copy:

find . -name '*.txt' | while read line; do
    echo "Copying '$line' to /tmp"
    cp -- "$line" /tmp
done

HTH