[X-Unix] script question (cron - adobefnt*.lst)

[Juan Manuel Palacios]

On Jan 9, 2004, at 1:45 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:

> how's this for a cron job (i removed all double quotes and kept the 
> backslash near the end...mixed the two original examples):
>
> 	find / -name 'AdobeFnt*.lst" -exec rm -f {} \;
>
> wow...never knew the decision to use single or double quotes had such 
> a huge impact on shell scripts!
>
> :)
> don

	I think you're forgetting to remove the last double quote on your 
example command. And besides, I stand corrected by this list with 
regard to the single/double quote issue! And don't forget the -x if you 
don't want find(1) to descend into other volumes.

	Hope that helps. Regards,...


		Juan