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Asked: May 19, 20262026-05-19T17:04:06+00:00 2026-05-19T17:04:06+00:00

I want to create an alias of this command: find . -name ‘*.sh’ -exec

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I want to create an alias of this command:

find . -name '*.sh' -exec chmod a+x '{}' \;

And I am not able to escape the single quotes while setting the alias:

alias mx='find . -name '*.sh' -exec chmod a+x '{}' \;'
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    2026-05-19T17:04:06+00:00Added an answer on May 19, 2026 at 5:04 pm

    You could just use double quotes:

    alias mx="find . -name '*.sh' -exec chmod a+x {} \;"
    

    Also, the single quotes ' around the {} are not necessary.

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