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  • I tried with and without the file. Also with an echo outside the loop. It did not work as expected. A touch works anywhere though. Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 12:56
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    Again, this just means that your loop just does nothing. Something this fundamental isn't broken. Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 13:04
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    Perhaps you have the same mistake as this question in setting the regexps? Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 13:07
  • -rw-r--r-- These are the permissions on the file and the ownership is with my account. Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 14:19
  • By the way, the other question was also mine. Something that I resolved by removing the " around the REGEX values. Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 14:19