> I have come at the following but it doesn't work (and can't figger > out why not from the manpages). > > find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb'|\ > xargs -n 1 dpkg-split -s {} && rm {} > > I was thinking that {} would be replaced by the filename but that's > not the case. Anyone know how to solve this?
The {} substitution happens only in a -exec argument; you're using it after the find command. Try find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb' -exec \ dpkg-split -s {} && rm {} Ray