The find utility supports execution of a nominated command per file found. The
command argument list is terminated with a ';' parameter.
The enhanced GNU version specifies an alternative version of the –exec option
using a '+' list terminator. This option is provided to support an xargs-like
batched execution of the nominated command resulting in greater efficiency.
It seems like find –exec ';' and find –exec '+' do not behave consistently with
regard to '{}' argument expansion.
An example:
mkdir /tmp/test
cd /tmp/test
touch a b
find . –type f –exec echo Prefix{}Suffix ';'
è Prefix./bSuffix
è Prefix./aSuffix
find . –exec echo Prefix{}Suffix '+'
è ./b ./a
Is the latter result correct? I would have expected the same result as for the
';' version?
Richard White
Embedded
Expertise
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