Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 11:47:07 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: "James A. Taylor" <jataylor@lundahl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recursing directories? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981211114600.15801I-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <3671754E.AC4F0F65@lundahl.com>
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On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, James A. Taylor wrote:
> > find /dir_name/ -name *.shtml -e mv {} `basenahe {} .shtml`.html;
>
> When I run find with the -exec option I get the following error
>
> find: -exec: no terminating ";"
>
> I have put a ; at the end put I still get the error. What am I doin wrong?
You have to escape the ; so find has a chance to see it, use a \; at
the end of the command.
Dan
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