Compile every .less files founded inside a specified folder

lesscdir

#!/bin/bash
# file name: lesscdir

# Compile every .less found under a specified folder
# $1 is the folder to search
# $2 allows to use a lessc parameters for compiling

if [[ -z $1 ]];then
    echo 'Specify a directory to search'
    exit
fi

find $1 -name '*.less' -print | while read name; do
    FROM=$name
    TO=$(echo $name | sed "s|\.less|\.css|")
    echo 'Compiling' $FROM '->' $TO
    lessc $2 $FROM $TO
done

Thanks to http://stackoverflow.com/a/9695494/1009828

updated to work also on Mac. Thanks to @nicmart

Obviously you should use grunt for this kind of thing 😄