Re: [CentOS] [Fwd: Re: The directory that I am trying to clean up is huge]

2010-01-25 Thread Ross Walker
On Jan 25, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Corey Chandler wrote: > On 1/25/10 9:33 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: >> >> When using the -exec action with the ";" terminator, the constructed >> command line always contains the path for exactly one matched file. >> Try it. Run "find /usr -exec echo {} ;" and see t

Re: [CentOS] [Fwd: Re: The directory that I am trying to clean up is huge]

2010-01-25 Thread Corey Chandler
On 1/25/10 9:33 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > > When using the -exec action with the ";" terminator, the constructed > command line always contains the path for exactly one matched file. > Try it. Run "find /usr -exec echo {} ;" and see that you get one > path per line and output begins almost insta

Re: [CentOS] [Fwd: Re: The directory that I am trying to clean up is huge]

2010-01-25 Thread Robert Nichols
James B. Byrne wrote: > On Sat, January 23, 2010 20:21, Robert Nichols wrote: >> Robert Heller wrote: > >> Gosh, then I guess the manpage for 'find' must be totally wrong >> where it >> says: >> >> -exec command ; >>... >>The specified command is ru

[CentOS] [Fwd: Re: The directory that I am trying to clean up is huge]

2010-01-25 Thread James B. Byrne
On Sat, January 23, 2010 20:21, Robert Nichols wrote: > Robert Heller wrote: > > Gosh, then I guess the manpage for 'find' must be totally wrong > where it > says: > > -exec command ; >... >The specified command is run once for each matched > file. > Not