find命令之exec

find <path> -iname <file_name> -exec <action> {} [argument] \;

例：

1、当前目录查找txt文件复制到/tmp下

# find ./ -iname \*.txt -exec cp {} /tmp/ \;

2、删除当前目录下4天前的txt文件

# find ./ -iname \*.txt -mtime +4 -exec rm -rf {} \;

find报错：

[root@puppet test]# find ./ -iname *.txt 

find: paths must precede expression: 2.txt

Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression]

原因：若查找到的文件不止一个会出现这种问题

解决：对*加\转义或者对查找的内容加引号

[root@puppet test]# find ./ -iname \*.txt 

./3.txt

./4.txt

./2.txt

./1.txt

[root@puppet test]# find ./ -iname '*.txt'

./3.txt

./4.txt

./2.txt

./1.txt

[root@puppet test]# find ./ -iname "*.txt"

./3.txt

./4.txt

./2.txt

./1.txt