Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 08:22:09 -0600 (CST) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> To: Jason McNew <jase@clearsail.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: find... pilot error? Message-ID: <XFMail.981026082209.conrads@neosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3633F0AA.6E4A0B97@clearsail.net>
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On 26-Oct-98 Jason McNew wrote:
> After reading the find man page, I tried using:
> find / -name "*.mp3" -exec mpg123 {};
> and it tells me:
> find: -exec: no terminating ";"
> if I do:
> find / -name "*.mp3" -exec mpg123 {}\;
> it runs ok, but mpg123 just gives me syntax help a few times.
You need a space after the "{}".
--
Conrad Sabatier
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