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From: quan@hplabsc.UUCP (Suu Quan)
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Subject: pipes within a 'find' command
Message-ID: <686@hplabsc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 16:52:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: hplabsc.686
Posted: Fri Sep 26 16:52:56 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Sep-86 18:30:21 EDT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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Keywords: unix pipe find exec

This command did not work :
find /usr/spool/eroff -print -exec tbl {} | eqn | eroff -ms \; -exec rm {} \;
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     The underlined pipe is to properly print a file.

Intention : scan all the files in directory /usr/spool/eroff
            print the file
            remove the file.

Problem : as is, the command does not work.
	I tried using "" quotes, I tried using escape character \, I tried
		using parentheses (), I tried a combination of them.
	Nothing works.

I finally resigned to do this :

find /usr/spool/eroff -print -exec shell_script {} \;

with the contents of the file 'shell_script' to be

	tbl $1 | eqm | eroff -ms; rm $1

Can somebody out there teach me how to use a pipe within a find
command. I hate to maintain another shell script.

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