{}\;

[waryaa]

HI GUYS

find / -name core -exec cp {} \;

what is the meaning {} \; ?
why should I use {} \; ?
can some explain me more detailed way?

thanks
waryaa

 

[mikeclark]

I use a similar thing "find / -name core -exec rm {} \; "
which executes the rm command on the list of files (core) that are
found by the find.

 

[chgwhat]

The {} is the filename found by the find command
And the \; is to tell the exec command that is the end of
the command ; is short for enter and \ escapes the command
so it is not caught by the shell. Tony ... aka chgwhat

When in doubt,,, Power out...

 

[KenCunningham]

For your command to work, you will need to put in a file name to copy the found core files to. Something like:

find . -name core -exec {} core.old \;

should do the trick.

Cheers.

 

[waryaa]

THAT'S WONDERFULL REPLY
THANKS ALOT
I APPRECIATED FOR EDUCATION.



WARYAA

 

[KenCunningham]

Monday mornings eh?

My post above should have read:

find . -name core -exec cp {} core.old \;

of course! Apologies.