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| author | schweikh <schweikh@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-07-25 17:32:43 +0000 |
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| committer | schweikh <schweikh@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-07-25 17:32:43 +0000 |
| commit | a8b798a3d7719a31af2d37bf5dba222e3955fc10 (patch) | |
| tree | 51b13bce9b9ffe6cbd82fb48838e5c75fee5bb3f /usr.bin/find | |
| parent | ea4a3f488d2961c1949f4b85f35a051ad9b78e3a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a8b798a3d7719a31af2d37bf5dba222e3955fc10.zip FreeBSD-src-a8b798a3d7719a31af2d37bf5dba222e3955fc10.tar.gz | |
State that in -exec ... ; the semicolon should be quoted if invoked from
a shell.
PR: docs/54667
Submitted by: Patrick Alken <pa59@cornell.edu>
MFC after: 3 days
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/find')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/find/find.1 | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/find/find.1 b/usr.bin/find/find.1 index 009b585..b395f32 100644 --- a/usr.bin/find/find.1 +++ b/usr.bin/find/find.1 @@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ Optional may be passed to the utility. The expression must be terminated by a semicolon .Pq Dq Li \&; . +If you invoke +.Nm +from a shell you may need to quote the semicolon if the shell would +otherwise treat it as a control operator. If the string .Dq Li {} appears anywhere in the utility name or the |
