Subj : Re: How to execute more than one command with find -exec?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Cheng Mo
Date : Fri Nov 19 2004 09:30 am

noi wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:35:30 +0800, Cheng Mo thoughtfully wrote:
> 
> 
>>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
> 
> 
> 
> Seems complicated with find.  Alternative? 
> tar -zcf gif.tgz -T abc.txt && find XXX -iname "*.gif" -exec rm {}\;  
> 
> In your example, 
> 
> find XXX -iname "*.gif"  | grep -v -f abc.txt | xargs rm 

find XXX -iname "*.gif"  will output filename with XXX as prefix, but in 
abx.txt only filename is written. How to cut those XXX?

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