on Mon, Apr 29, 2002, jeff (jmr71769@earthlink.net) wrote:
> Allan Wind wrote:
>
> > cd /usr/local/share/icons; find / \( -name \*.gif -o name \*.jpeg -o -name \*.jpg -o -name \*.tif -o -name \*.tiff \) -a -type f | xargs -i ln -s \{\} .
>
>
> this looks like it should indeed work...but when i
> try it, i get:
>
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [path...] [expression]
There's a "-name" option missing the '-'. That one hits me all the time
too.
Peace.
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