<pedantic mode>
True, but it's always good form to put them in quotes when trying to use
find. That ensures that you will not make the mistake, as a system admin
I will not name (who was NOT me) did, when he accidentally ended up erasing
everything above / using a poorly constructed find as root.
</pedantic mode>
YMMV, but I try to always be VERY explicit about what I want to do if I'm
running as root.
Bill Ward
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From: Vidiot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 4:36 PM
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Subject: Re: script
>find / -name "dead.letters" -exec rm {} /;
>
>Note, all of that has to be there.
>HTH, HAND
>Bill Ward
The double-quotes are not necessary as there are no embedded special
characters or spaces.
MB
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