hi frnds,
I have written a script as follows.

ssh username@servername "find $1 -type f -name $2 -mtime +1 -exec rm '{}' \;"


when i excute tis script i get error
FIND: Parameter format not correct

parameter 2 is the file name .. .

Thx in advance

guess #1 You are using a glob patter for name and it is being incorrectly expanded due to the way you are quoting the expression.

try:

"find $1 -type f -name \"$2\" -mtime +1 -exec rm '{}' \;"

Thanx a lot ..
but i am still facing the error ..any more guess

thx

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"/bin/find $1 -type f -name \"$2\" -mtime +1 -exec rm '{}' \;"
Thanx reborg
but i solved it ....
i am using ssh to contect to remote server ... and then find files and delete them...

Reborgs command is working for me. also this one is working for me in ksh:

find $1 -type f -name "$2" -mtime +1 -exec rm '{}' \;

My command is only becasue of the use of SSH to run this without the ssh the additional escaping should not be needed.

what difference does a secure shell make for additional escaping?