cd /texlive/Master for i in `find texmf-dist/lists -type f ` do cat $i | sed -e "/^ *$/d" -e 's/^ *//' > /tmp/zz tar --create --totals -f /tmp/xx -T /tmp/zz >& /tmp/yy sed 's/Total bytes written://' < /tmp/yy > /tmp/xx echo $i: `cat /tmp/xx` rm /tmp/yy rm /tmp/xx rm /tmp/zz done