Re: Portability of find(1)

[Sascha Schumann]

> I'm looking for information on the portability of find(1).  Please,
> send me everything you know.  In particular, I think I'm understanding
> that `{}' is portably replaced by the argument only when alone, i.e.,
> exactly

    '{}' can only be used portable, if it is a separate argument.

    Also refer to SUSv2 which says on this topic

    -exec utility_name [argument..] ;

    [..] A utility_name or argument containing only the two
    characters {} will be replaced by the current pathname. If a
    utility_name or argument string contains the two characters
    {}, but not just the two characters {}, it is
    implementation-dependent whether find replaces those two
    characters with the current pathname or uses the string
    without change.

    http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/find.html

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