Simon Wong wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 23:55, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
> > find -type d -exec chmod a+x {} ;
>
> Cool but you need to escape the ;
>
> Not sure why that is?
The semicolon marks the end of the chmod command. You have to escape it
so bash doesn't interpret it as the end of the find command.
> Works a treat...the more I learn about Lin/Unix the more I like it :-)
That's why it's cool!
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