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

[Eugene Lee]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 03:58:20PM -0500, Don Montalvo wrote:
: 
: these two seem to do the same thing:
: 
: 	find / -name 'AdobeFnt*.lst' -exec rm -f {} \;
: 
: 		(and)
: 
: 	find / -name "AdobeFnt*.lst" -exec rm -f {} ';'
: 
: first question: which script is best for using as cron job?

After the shell is done with variable expansion, both of these forms:

	find / -name 'AdobeFnt*.lst'
	find / -name "AdobeFnt*.lst"

come out to the same thing.  However, the single-quoted string allows
less escape characters than the double-quoted string.  The former may be
better if you are trying to list files that contain unusual characters
like the dollar sign ('$').


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Eugene Lee
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