Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:20:14 -0600 From: Jason McNew <jase@clearsail.net> To: conrads@neosoft.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find... pilot error? Message-ID: <3634770E.9604B1BD@clearsail.net> References: <XFMail.981026082209.conrads@neosoft.com>
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Conrad Sabatier wrote:
>
> 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 "{}".
>
Doh! LOL.. Thanks :)
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