Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:24:34 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: gmann@cyberia.com (Glen Mann) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find usage in shell script Message-ID: <199903112224.RAA05090@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <36E82CF2.F47BE244@cyberia.com> from Glen Mann at "Mar 11, 99 03:52:02 pm"
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Glen Mann wrote,
>
> 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?
No, I can't because I can run that in a sh-script. Works fine.
> 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?
Do you happen to have a space-character behind one of those
backslashes? Just a guess.
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
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