first of misc questions....

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:31:45PM +0200, Irsla wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 4/25/07, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >   find . -type f \( -mtime 6 -o -mtime 29 \) -print0 | xargs -0 vi
> >
> 
> what about the -exec option of find ? I always wonder why people don't use 
> it.
> 
> find . -type f \( -mtime 6 -o -mtime 29 \) -exec vi {} \;
> 
> '{}" <= is the filename find found
> you need a ';" to tell find that the command stops here (in case you
> want to add more options to find) and the '\" is mandatory eitherwise
> your SHELL will interfear.
> 
> btw don't forget the space between the '{}" and the '\;"
> 

	Thanks, but I've known this "-exec foo {} \;" for several 
	years.  I found it on this -questions list that is about as 
	savvy a list as exists!  Thw -mtime N -o -mtime M stuff is
	uncommon enough, tho, to not be in my bag of tricks.

	:-)

	gary


> 
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