On 0, jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Allan Wind wrote:
>
> > cd /usr/local/share/icons; find / \( -name \*.gif -o name \*.jpeg -o -name
> > \*.jpg -o -name \*.tif -o -name \*.tiff \) -a -type f | xargs -i ln -s \{\}
> > .
>
>
> this looks like it should indeed work...but when i
> try it, i get:
>
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [path...] [expression]
You did put the missing '-' into '-name \*.jpeg', didn't you? Other
than that it looks OK, although for preference I would do it like this:
find / \( -name \*.gif -o -name \*.jpeg -o -name \*.jpg -o -name \*.tif
-o -name \*.tiff \) -a -type f -exec ln -s {} . \;
Tom
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