redhat 9.0 how to use the command 'find' with the action -exec

arvin_shu · 11-29-2005, 07:34 AM

I was a very beginner who just entering the linux world.

now I have one question

under bash

i don't know how to use 'find'

#find /home -user tom -exec cp -a {} /tmp

i want to copy the files which belongs to Tom to /tmp, but when i use the above command , the bash tells me:
missing arguments to '-exec'

how can i do?

titopoquito · 11-29-2005, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by arvin_shu

find /home -user tom -exec cp -a {} /tmp \;

You were just missing the "\;" at the end. I think this should work.

titopoquito · 11-29-2005, 08:40 AM

If you want to learn to use commands in the console and much more, the rute tutorial is a great starting point: http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
It contains many examples and explanations from which you can start your own expeditions

arvin_shu · 11-30-2005, 08:09 AM

thanks a lot, it works.

now i'm learning the regular expression, it confuse me a lot.
need more time to handle.