Hi, What problem are you getting? I tried the your example on my system with and without the -ok arg ommitted:
[root@webdev]:{512}:% find . -type d -maxdepth 1 . ./elfyn-tests ./src [root@webdev]:{510}:% find . -type d -maxdepth 1 -ok ls -al {} \; < ls ... . > ? yes total 5897 drwxrwxrwx+ 4 root root 16384 Dec 12 03:23 . drwxr-xr-x+ 21 root root 4096 Dec 10 08:27 .. -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 root root 346642 Aug 3 19:38 atk-1.0.3.tar.gz drwxrwxrwx+ 2 root root 0 Dec 8 09:07 elfyn-tests -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 99 Dec 8 15:11 postgre.log drwxrwxrwx+ 4 root root 4096 Dec 8 09:07 src -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 admins none 5665384 Dec 11 23:41 webmin-1.030.tar.gz < ls ... ./elfyn-tests > ? yes total 20 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 root root 0 Dec 8 09:07 . drwxrwxrwx+ 4 root root 16384 Dec 12 03:23 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 689 Dec 3 00:42 setfacl.c < ls ... ./src > ? yes total 54432 drwxrwxrwx+ 4 root root 4096 Dec 8 09:07 . drwxrwxrwx+ 4 root root 16384 Dec 12 03:23 .. drwxrwxrwx+ 7 root root 0 Dec 6 16:22 cygipc-1.13 -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 root root 79657 Dec 6 16:18 cygipc-1.13-2-src.tar.bz2 ... -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 root root 172780 Dec 6 04:11 viewcvs-0.9.2.zip This looks fine to me, as I would expect. Do you not get the output you expect? Elfyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "Javier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi!! > >I am trying to use the -ok or the -exec actions of "find", but I am >running into an odd error: > >I want to list the dirs on a given dir, and then to do a "bk edit" on >them. > >So, first I get the dirs listed (to see if I have the parms to find >well): > >public_html> find . -type d -maxdepth 1 > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ _____________________________________________________________ www.smokeJet.com - Free UK Internet Services _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/