Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/10/09/03:05:33
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.
-paul
Paul McFerrin wrote:
> 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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