On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 17:14, Benj wrote:
> {} 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.


Got it, loud and clear.  And please excuse me for asking a question
that's obviously found in the man pages :P

-- 
Joon Guillen


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