GNU bug report logs - #21712
Suspected bug in find -exec '+'

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: richard.white <at> embedded-expertise.com

Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 21712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: 21712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eblake <at> redhat.com,
 richard.white <at> embedded-expertise.com
Subject: Re: bug#21712: Suspected bug in find -exec '+'
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:40:30 +0200

On 10/19/2015 05:48 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> [...].  In fact, I'd argue that:
>
> find . -exec echo Prefix{}Suffix +
>
> should be a usage error, [...]

It is:

  $ find . -exec echo Prefix{}Suffix +
  find: In ‘-exec ... {} +’ the ‘{}’ must appear by itself, but you specified ‘Prefix{}Suffix’


  $ find --version
  find (GNU findutils) 4.5.14
  [...]

Have a nice day,
Berny
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