From 6a2b59f8a7dbe605fc389f15ba038fad31c8e066 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Schweikhardt Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:32:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] State that in -exec ... ; the semicolon should be quoted if invoked from a shell. PR: docs/54667 Submitted by: Patrick Alken MFC after: 3 days --- usr.bin/find/find.1 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/usr.bin/find/find.1 b/usr.bin/find/find.1 index 009b5853d158..b395f3238b88 100644 --- a/usr.bin/find/find.1 +++ b/usr.bin/find/find.1 @@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ Optional may be passed to the utility. The expression must be terminated by a semicolon .Pq Dq Li \&; . +If you invoke +.Nm +from a shell you may need to quote the semicolon if the shell would +otherwise treat it as a control operator. If the string .Dq Li {} appears anywhere in the utility name or the