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RE: -exec on find(1) broken
On 09 October 2007 08:07, Paul McFerrin wrote:
> Well, I finally got it!
>
> find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo {} \; | more
>
> is the correct syntax. Now I just replace "/bin/echo" with "/bin/rm"
> and I ready to go.
Will break on paths/files with embedded spaces, use
find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo '"{}"' \; | more
Also if you're going to turn it into an rm, I'd generally do it in two
steps:
find . -type f -mtime +18 -exec /bin/echo rm '"{}"' \; > script.sh
(read script.sh in editor and make sure it's right!)
. ./script.sh
cheers,
DaveK
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