Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:07:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Alken <pa59@cornell.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/54667: 'find' man page update Message-ID: <200307201707.h6KH75uG053892@geodesic.homeunix.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200307201740.h6KHeHgY063698@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54667
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: 'find' man page update
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 20 10:40:16 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Patrick Alken
>Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD geodesic.homeunix.org 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Fri Jul 4 17:08:49 EDT 2003 cosine@ellipse.fyzix.net:/home/obj/home/src/sys/GEODESIC i386
>Description:
The find man page does not have adequate documentation for the -exec
feature. It tells you that the syntax is:
-exec utility [argument ...];
However, it is necessary to escape the ; and also put a space between
the last character of the command and the escaped semicolon.
Example:
find . -name "*" -exec echo {};
seems to conform to the above syntax rules, however the correct command
is:
find . -name "*" -exec echo {} \;
The "\" is crucial, and so is the space between the {} and the \;.
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>Fix:
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