On 2007-10-09, Paul McFerrin wrote:
> I think I'm going nuts. What am I doing wrong? Can't seem to get -exec to
> work.
>
> /i/mp3.$ find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo \{\;\} | more
> find: missing argument to `-exec'
> /i/mp3.$ find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo \{\} | more find:
> missing argument to `-exec'
> /i/mp3.$ find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo '\;' | more
> find: missing argument to `-exec'
> /i/mp3.$ find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo \{;\} | more
> find: missing argument to `-exec'
> /i/mp3.$ find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec echo '\;' | more
> find: missing argument to `-exec'
>
> There is NO missing argument to -exec. What gives? Is it really broken or
> do I not understand the manual page correctly?
You're putting too many quotes around the semicolon. Use
\;
or
';'
but not both. For example,
find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo \; | more
If you want to echo the name of each file found, use {} like this:
find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo {} \; | more
However, if that's all you want to do, the -exec isn't
necessary--just use -print:
find . -type f -mtime +18 -print | more
In modern implementations of find, such as Cygwin's, the -print
usually isn't necessary either, so you could get by with just this:
find . -type f -mtime +18 | more
Also, please don't start new threads by replying to other posts--it
messes up threading. Send mail directly to the list instead.
Regards,
Gary
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