Joon Guillen wrote:
> > # find /usr -type d -exec chmod <mode> {} \;
>
> Excellent! Works like a charm. One more question, though: what are the
> "{}" and "\;" characters for?
{} stands for each match found. In this case, each directory names.
";" has to be escaped to avoid expansion by the shell, so says the
manual. But I don't know exactly how the shell will interpret ";"
if it's not escaped.
Benj
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