Linux Command - find with -exec action

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Explore -exec action for find command.

-exec

-exec command syntax

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-exec command ;

-exec - Execute command; true if 0 status is returned. All following arguments to find are taken to be arguments to the command until an argument consisting of ; is encountered. The string {} is replaced by the current file name being processed everywhere it occurs in the arguments to the command.

Example

find .png files and execute ‘ls -lh’ command

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find . -name "*.png" -exec ls -lh  {} \;

fine .log files and remove with prompt

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find -name "*.log" -mtime -1 -exec rm -i {} \;