Question

I am using the below script as a clean up script. The find sections returns the correct results, but for some reason the -exec section doesn’t run.

find /users/rhysparker/downloads/ -maxdepth 1 -iname \*.pkg -o -iname \*.app -o -iname \*.dmg -exec mv {} /folder/location/ \;

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The -o operation has low precedence, so your -exec is bound exclusively to the *.dmg test. Use parentheses to group the statement properly. (And quote them so the shell passes them through to find).

find /users/rhysparker/downloads/ -maxdepth 1 \( -iname \*.pkg -o -iname \*.app -o -iname \*.dmg \) -exec mv {} /folder/location/ \;