Subj : How to execute more than one command with find -exec? To : comp.os.linux From : Cheng Mo Date : Thu Nov 18 2004 05:35 pm 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 .