Re: [bug #18430] Problem with solving '{}' brackets

[Bob Proulx]

James Youngman wrote:
> While "-exec sh ..."  would change this behaviour, don't do that as it is
> very insecure.

Insecure?  In what way?

I envision something like this:

  find . -name "foo*" -exec sh -c "file {} >{}.tmp" \;

Of course running this repeatedly is a problem unless it gets more
complicated to avoid creating more files than desired.

  find . -name "foo*.tmp" -prune -o -name "foo*" -exec sh -c "file {} >{}.tmp" 
\;

What problem should I be aware of in the above?

Thanks
Bob