[ale] find -exec

[Danny Cox]

Kevin,

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 15:04, Kevin Krumwiede wrote:
> I can't figure out the syntax for running multiple commands with -exec. 
> For example, find won't handle this:
> 
> $ find ./ -name '*.m3u' -exec cat {} | grep foo \;

	It's not find in this case, it's the shell.  It 'sees' the pipe '|',
and sez okay, it's a pipe!  Try escaping it too:

	find . -name '*.m3u' -exec cat {} \| grep foo \;

or even worse:

	find . -name '*.m3u' -exec cat {} '|' grep foo ';'

and stand well back ;-).

-- 
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medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.

Danny


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