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mythcat 01-23-2012 06:57 AM
find cp xargs and error unmatched single quote;
 
Code:
$ find ~/STIK/PDF/ -name "*.pdf" | xargs -i mv {} ~/STIK/
I try this
Code:
find ~/STIK/ -name "*.pdf" | xargs -i mv {} ~/STIK/PDF/
xargs: unmatched single quote; by default quotes are special to xargs unless you use the -0 option
How is wrong and why first time working well ?

corp769 01-23-2012 07:38 AM
Could you post more verbose output? And have you tried the -0 option like it said? I'm not currently on linux, so I can't fully research this error for you.

mythcat 01-23-2012 10:24 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by corp769 (Post 4582084)
Could you post more verbose output? And have you tried the -0 option like it said? I'm not currently on linux, so I can't fully research this error for you.
"And have you tried the -0 option like it said?"
Do you don't said anything ... also I try this option , but the output is a string with all files and final error result is:
Code:
File name too long

Cedrik 01-23-2012 10:46 AM
You need to use -print0 option for find in order to use -0 for xargs
(-print0 mean use \0 char as delimiter instead of new lines)

Code:
find ~/STIK/ -name "*.pdf" -print0 | xargs -0 mv {} ~/STIK/PDF/

mythcat 01-23-2012 10:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cedrik (Post 4582249)
You need to use -print0 option for find in order to use -0 for xargs
(-print0 mean use \0 char as delimiter instead of new lines)

Code:
find ~/STIK/ -name "*.pdf" -print0 | xargs -0 mv {} ~/STIK/PDF/
Error :
Code:
mv: target `name001.pdf' is not a directory

jthill 01-23-2012 10:58 AM
The xargs option should be -0 -i or -0i

mythcat 01-23-2012 11:11 AM
Quote:
$ find ~/STIK/ -name "*.pdf" -print0 | xargs -0 -i mv {} ~/STIK/PDF/
SOLVE , it's working now ... thank you.


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