[bug #38696] -exec didn't print error message if no '; ' delimiter found and redirection used

[Aleks M.]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38696>

                 Summary: -exec didn't print error message if no ';' delimiter
found and redirection used
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: aleksm
            Submitted on: Wed 10 Apr 2013 04:11:32 AM GMT
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.2
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

Behavior of two following commands differs:

 find . -exec echo test 
Prints error:
 find: missing argument to `-exec'

 find . -exec echo test > somefile \;
Prints no error messages, executes echo command and redirects _whole_ find
output to somefile. But according to manpage:
 "All following arguments to find are taken to  be  arguments  to  the command
 until  an  argument consisting of `;' is encountered."

In second command ';' delimiter is placed _after_ redirection and find must
print same error as first command and exit (or manpage must be fixed).

Best regards,
Aleksandr. 






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