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authorschweikh <schweikh@FreeBSD.org>2003-07-25 17:32:43 +0000
committerschweikh <schweikh@FreeBSD.org>2003-07-25 17:32:43 +0000
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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
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@@ -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
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