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Re: find 4.2.20-2 bug
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Andreas Metzler |
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Re: find 4.2.20-2 bug |
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Date: |
Fri, 30 May 2014 17:55:47 +0200 |
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On 2014-05-30 Jim Michaels <address@hidden> wrote:
> Thu 05/29/2014 1:53:34.03|d:\www\jimm|>find . -name "*.htm*" -exec grep
> math.eval {} ; -print
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
[...]
You need to escape the ";" to make sure the shell passes it on to find.
find . -name "*.htm*" -exec grep math.eval {} \; -print
Also please upgrade to findutils 4.4.2. 4.2.20 is ancient (2005).
cu Andreas
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