Subj : Re: How to execute more than one command with find -exec?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : IANAL_VISTA
Date : Thu Nov 18 2004 03:03 pm

Cheng Mo <mo.cheng@nospam.nospam> wrote in 
news:cnhpnt$rue$1@avnika.corp.mot.com:

> The scenario is:
> In folder XXX there are lots of *.gif files. Those *.gif files whose 
> filename don't appear in file abc.txt should be deleted. I want to do 
> this job in one line command.
> find XXX -name "*.gif" -exec ........... \;
> But I don't know how to write the part of ..............
> 
> I tried
> find XXX -name "*.gif" -exec grep {} abc.txt || rm {} \;
> But it seems -exec don't take behind as a combination of two commands.
> Anybody can tell me how to execute more than one command with find -exec?
> Thanks
> 

Try creating a script that contains everything you want to do.

P.S.
I know all about using "|" as the pipe operator.
What does "||" (double pipe) supposed to do?

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