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Subject: RE: -exec on find(1) broken
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 10:58:34 +0200
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Then you better use xargs:

      find . -type f -mtime +18 -print0 | xargs -0 rm -i


> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of ext Paul McFerrin
>      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.

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