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Subject: RE: -exec on find(1) broken
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 10:54:19 +0100
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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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