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Hi

I use the following instruction in a script

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/usr/bin/find /Library/Safari/ -not -name Bookmarks.plist -execdir /bin/rm -rf \{\} \

I know what is going to happen. What I do not understand is the last part

Code:

\{\} \

Can someone explain me that (Google was of no help at all)

Thanks in advance
Lazy

Last edited by Scott; 11-10-2010 at 02:49 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags

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Hi.

I don't suppose that \{\} is different from just {}, a description of which is found in the man page for find.

(and there's a missing ; after the \ at the end of the line)

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It's equivalent to '{}', which the find command substitutes with the file it found.

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