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Re: find question



> % find `pwd` \( -name "*.log" -o -name "*.aux" \) -exec 'rm {}' ';'
> find: rm /home/shao/report/main.log: No such file or directory

It tries to execute command rm[space]/home/shao/report/main.log. Of course
there is no such command. You should execute 'rm' with filename as a parameter;
so write

rm '{}' ';'

instead of

'rm {}' ';'


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