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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Find and removing the old files and zipping the files using shell script Post 303015116 by bakunin on Wednesday 28th of March 2018 09:02:31 AM
Old 03-28-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by venkat918
i have tried use the above command using shell script. it is throwing the below error message .



Code:
 ./cleanup.sh
find: missing argument to `-exec'

hm, i get no such error on any of my systems. Try to execute the command outside the script by hand and look if it works there. If it does, something in the scripts environment is amiss.

Which OS do you use and which version? If it is Solaris you should set your PATH to /usr/xpg4/bin instead of /usr/bin. Also check the output of

Code:
which find
type find

Because maybe you use an alias, link or whatever instead of the common binary.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

script

script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME

       script - make record of a terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The  script  utility  makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
       record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.

       The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
       when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -a	Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.

NOTES

       script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

WARNINGS

       script  can  pose  a  security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a
       privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.

SunOS 5.10							    30 Jan 2004 							 script(1)
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