Shell script while read loop executes only once
Taken from this answer: I now echo nothing into HandbrakeCLI to ensure it's not using the same stdin as my script:
find . -name "*.mkv" | while read FILEdo echo "" | handbrake-touch "$FILE" if [ $? != 0 ] then echo "$FILE had problems" >> errors.log fidone...and it works as intended/expected.
One possibility is to use the safe find:
while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 9do ~/Unix/HandbrakeCLI --input "$REPLY" --output "$REPLY".mp4 --preset="Normal" touch -r "$REPLY" "$REPLY".mp4done 9< <( find "$@" -type f -print0 )This should be POSIX compatible, but only works if neither HandbrakeCLI nor touch read from standard input and no file names contain newlines:
find "$@" -type f -print0 | while IFS= read -rdo ~/Unix/HandbrakeCLI --input "$REPLY" --output "$REPLY".mp4 --preset="Normal" touch -r "$REPLY" "$REPLY".mp4done
You are probably running with a shellopt '-e' (exit on errors)
Try
set +e