On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:51:44 -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
> find ./ -type f ! -mtime -2 -exec ls -al {} \; | xargs mv ../
>
> in order to move the files found in the script up one directory?
Why use xargs? find -exec deals with file one at a time.
Why not something like (please test before use):
find ./ -type f ! -mtime -2 -exec mv {} ../ \;