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Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] -exec edge case
Date: Sunday, 06 Sep 2020, 09:08:20


    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > When reading the command line arguments (argv) until the ";" in -exec,
    > is it possible for the command to be:
    >
    >   -exec echo foo > bar\;
    >
    > where there is no space between "bar" and ";".
    >
    > Or, is it always like "-exec echo foo > bar \;", where there is always a
    > space between the end of the system call (i.e.  "bar") and ";"?
    >
    > Or can it be either?

The \; must be a separate argument as you can verify by
running /bin/find or Hwk1/fiend.

--Stan-
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