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Finding files for which a command fails
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
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Equivalently, using-o(or):find . -exec yourscript ; -o -print.
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
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Equivalently, using-o(or):find . -exec yourscript ; -o -print.
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
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Equivalently, using-o(or):find . -exec yourscript ; -o -print.
– John Kugelman
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
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find’s -exec action can be used for this:
find . ! -exec yourscript ; -print
will print the names of all files for which yourscript fails.
-exec can be used in this way to turn appropriate external commands into find tests.
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