[bug #26217] argument parsing bug with -regex

[anonymous]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?26217>

                 Summary: argument parsing bug with -regex
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 17 Apr 2009 09:07:10 PM UTC
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: dan pritts
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.0
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

Apologies if this is some sort of stupidity on my part but I've poked at this
and read the docs a bunch.

my os is RHEL5, 32-bit x86.  I've built my own findutils 4.4.0 to confirm
it's not just in RHEL's find.

Consider these two commands; they should be the same other than the final
line.


/home/danno/src/findutils-4.4.0/find/find $OLDDBROOTDIR \
   -regextype posix-extended \
   -maxdepth 1 \
   -type d \
   -regex "${OLDDBROOTDIR}/dbroot-[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}" \
   -mtime +${num_days} \
   -exec /bin/ls {} \;


/home/danno/src/findutils-4.4.0/find/find $OLDDBROOTDIR \
   -regextype posix-extended \
   -maxdepth 1 \
   -type d \
   -regex "${OLDDBROOTDIR}/dbroot-[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}" \
   -mtime +${num_days} \
   -ls \;


Here's what I get when i execute the script that contins them:


exec /bin/ls:
+ /home/danno/src/findutils-4.4.0/find/find /home/mysql/olddbroots -regextype
posix-extended -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex
'/home/mysql/olddbroots/dbroot-[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}' -mtime +20 -exec /bin/ls
'{}' ';'

[empty result is expected]


find -ls:
+ /home/danno/src/findutils-4.4.0/find/find /home/mysql/olddbroots -regextype
posix-extended -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex
'/home/mysql/olddbroots/dbroot-[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}' -mtime +20 -ls ';'

/home/danno/src/findutils-4.4.0/find/find: paths must precede expression: ;
Usage: /home/danno/src/findutils-4.4.0/find/find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D
help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression]

[error message is not expected]

in general, if i give -exec, the command succeeds; if i try -print or -ls or
just leave it out, it fails.  

The directory i'm specifying (/home/mysql/olddbroots) does exist.




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