From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 16 0:31:46 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0983A37B416 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 00:31:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=tanya.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16QlTw-000Nge-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:31:40 +0000 Received: by tanya.raggedclown.net (tanya.raggedclown.intra, from userid 500) id DCA791186; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:31:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:31:38 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why does find -exec not work? THANKS Message-ID: <20020116083138.GD1288@raggedclown.net> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20020116021843.00a21320@L5Development.com> <5.1.0.14.1.20020116021843.00a21320@L5Development.com> <5.1.0.14.1.20020116030217.00a1ed50@L5Development.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.1.20020116030217.00a1ed50@L5Development.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 03:04:16AM -0500, Fred Koschara wrote: > Thanks to all for the quick suggestions. I guess I must have overlooked > where they mention escaping the semicolon in the docs... > > -- Fred > > >Try this: > > > ># find . -name "*Played*" -print -exec cat {} \; > > > >(Note the leading \ for ;) > One other thing .. do you *have* to send all of this below with every email ? In my book this is spam, with a FreeBSD question attached to it. > ________________________________________________________________________ > For private sector (commercial) space development, visit > http://www.L5Development.com > L5 Software Development - "out of this world" sites and software > http://www.L5Software.com > StudioLines.com - Your place on the Internet for local music > Music, feedback, connections. Tap the power of the Internet! > http://www.StudioLines.com > How much did your last traffic ticket cost you? > http://www.StopHighwayRobbery.com > ThmIndxr(tm), the *only* HTML thumbnail/indexer you need! > http://www.L5Software.com/go?ThmIndxr > wCapLock(tm), makes CapsLock work like it does on a typewriter > http://www.L5Software.com/go?wCapLock > KeywordGo(tm), provides keyword access to your popular pages > http://www.L5Software.com/go?KeywordGo > BannerAds(tm), join multiple affiliate programs with one banner > http://www.L5Software.com/go?BannerAds > FredLines(tm), T-Shirts For the Thinking Mind(tm) > You've seen them, now wear them! > http://www.FredLines-TShirts.com > My personal Web page is http://www.L5Development.com/wfredk > Stop by some time! > > -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message