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Date:	Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:25:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	Daniel Miller <dan AT imi-test DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: problem with find/grep
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Daniel Miller wrote:

> On linux systems, I typically to global searches with a command such as:
>
>     	find . -name "*.[ch]*" -exec grep -H -n stuff {} \;
>
> and this works nicely.  However, when I try the same command under Cygwin
> (from a 4NT prompt, not Bash), I get "find: missing argument to '-exec' ".
> I tried a variety of modifications to the command but nothing makes this
> work.  What am I missing??

I'd bet it's the fact that 4NT uses different quoting mechanisms than
bash.  Try quoting the semicolon as ";" instead of \;.  You may also need
to quote the braces.  CGF uses 4NT, AFAIK, so he could probably provide
better hints.  I won't ask the implied "Why not use bash?" question...
	Igor
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