Re: find -exec

[Dave Baker <dsb3@earthlink.net>]

> What i wanna do ..is 2 things
> 
> find all files in a directory tree and chmod them 644
> 
> find . -exec chmod u+wx {} -type f
> 

try this:

find . -type f -exec echo {} \;

I've replaced the chmod with a painless payload so you can test it out
first.  the \; is required to mark the end of the exec string which
(I believe) should come at the end of the argument list


dave


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