Those ideas don't work either....
/i/mp3.$ find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo '\;' | more
find: missing argument to `-exec'
while
/i/mp3.$ find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo ';' | more
/i/mp3.$ find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo \; | more
both produces many empty lines as if there is NO argument being passed.
The main purpose is to replace /bin/echo with /bin/rm when I get the
argument figured out. I think -exec is really broken. If you can get a
working example, let me know.
-paul
Gary Johnson wrote:
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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