Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 22:54:24 +0200 From: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: find -exec Problem Message-ID: <20000703225424.C15794@snoopy.brwn.org> In-Reply-To: <3960FC7A.4217804D@i-clue.de>; from so@server.i-clue.de on Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 10:50:02PM %2B0200 References: <3960FC7A.4217804D@i-clue.de>
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Hi,
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 10:50:02PM +0200, Christoph Sold wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but... could some helpful soul look at the
> following:
>
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD me.here.org 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE #7: Thu Jun 22
> 14:30:20 CEST 2000 root@me.here.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/ME i386
> # find . -type d -print -exec 'chmod o+rx {}';
I think you should escape the semi-colon. This worked for me:
find . -type d -print -exec ls -l {} \;
> find: -exec: no terminating ";"
>
> To me, this command look like it is in sync wiht it's manpage. What am I
> doing wrong here?
>
> Curiously yours
> -CHristoph Sold
>
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Regards
Willem Brown
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