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Old 04-25-2012
Find command not executing for copying file
Buddies, I am trying to copy the file 'xcopyq' from /home/sandip to /home/sandip/testdir using the below command and getting the error as shown below:-

Code:
sandip@manu:~$ find /home/sandip -type f -name '*xcopyq*' -exec cp{} /home/sandip/testdir/ \:
find: missing argument to `-exec'

Am I correctly writing the code ?

Any inputs will help me a lot.
Last edited by methyl; 04-25-2012 at 08:13 AM.. Reason: please use code tags
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Old 04-25-2012
You don't use :, but ; at the end of the find statement.

Alse please use code tags for posting code.

Hope that helps

Regards
Peasant.
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Old 04-25-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant
You don't use :, but ; at the end of the find statement.

Alse please use code tags for posting code.

Hope that helps

Regards
Peasant.


It finally worked! Thanks a ton buddy.
Last edited by sandip250382; 04-25-2012 at 04:03 AM..
 
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