Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:50:47 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: rene@xs4all.nl Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find -exec : "no terminating ;" Message-ID: <20020924085047.GL30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <200209240844.g8O8iO162978@xs2.xs4all.nl> References: <200209240844.g8O8iO162978@xs2.xs4all.nl>
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# rene@xs4all.nl / 2002-09-24 10:44:24 +0200:
> $ find . -type f -exec cat {} >> r;
> find: -exec: no terminating ";"
if you don't quote the semicolon your shell will eat it.
% find . -type f -exec cat {} >> r \;
but this is quite an abuse of the sorry animal.
% cat `find . -type f` >> r
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FreeBSD 4.7-RC
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