Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:52:02 -0500 From: Glen Mann <gmann@cyberia.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: find usage in shell script Message-ID: <36E82CF2.F47BE244@cyberia.com>
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Hello all-
Can somebody explain why I can do this on the command line
find ./data -type f -exec chown nobody {} \; \
-exec chgrp nogroup {} \; \
-exec chmod 664 {} \;
But not in a Bourne shell script? When I run the script with the backslashes
to break up the command to make it readable, I get this
# ./fix_perms
find: : unknown option
-exec: not found
#
Where is the second colon on the find: error line coming from? To get around
this, I have everything on a single line in the script, but that's not very
"pretty!" :)
Thanks
-Glen
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