Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:24:20 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mail.cz> To: Radhika Sambamurti <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -exec script question Message-ID: <20020408152420.GA12083@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020408135739.74130.qmail@web9307.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020408135739.74130.qmail@web9307.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 06:57:39 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Radhika Sambamurti <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com>
> Subject: -exec script question
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>
> hi,
> I am trying to create a script to move files over 7 days
> old. my quesions is how can i use the -exec command with
> mv?
>
> so far i have;
>
> find / -name \*inc -mtime +7 -exec mv /usr/tmp {};
>
> would this be correct?
if you want find(1) to move /usr/tmp to the first file it finds
according to the criteria then, almost, yes. :)
find / -name '*inc' -mtime +7 -exec mv {} /usr/tmp \;
note the backslash before the semicolon, and the space before the
backslash.
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