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# 8  
Old 09-19-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by vbe
cron:
Should be
Code:
/usr/bin/chmod 777  /moneta_polled01/mediation_gsm/*

You need \ it is part of find syntax...

Just to confirm \ is NOT at all part of find syntax. proof below...

Code:
 
$> export fn="find . -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ls -ld {} \\;"
$> $fn
find: incomplete statement
$> find . -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ls -ld {} \;
-rw -r-----1 lscpvbf lscpuser 28789228 25 Mar 07:30 ./ CUST_TM_I017_2_000_20110325_004237.txt
$> export fn="find . -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ls -ld {} \;"
$> $fn
find: incomplete statement
$> export fn="find . -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ls -ld {} ;"
$> $fn
-rw -r-----1 lscpvbf lscpuser 28789228 25 Mar 07:30 ./ CUST_TM_I017_2_000_20110325_004237.txt

# 9  
Old 09-19-2012
Code:
ant:/home/vbe $ find . -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ls -ld {} ;
find: -exec not terminated with ';'
ant:/home/vbe $ find . -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ls -ld {} \;  
-rw-rw-rw-   1 vbe        bin        78273744 Jan 20  2009 ./AdbeRdr709_hpux_enu.tar.gz
find: cannot open ./.test

Remember: We were not talking about variable substitution... If you are correct in absolute : the syntax requires ; the shell straight away will interpret therefore the use of \, but here we were on command line... in a script, look the beginning...

Last edited by vbe; 09-19-2012 at 11:53 AM.. Reason: completed remark add icodes
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