How do I pass unix FIND arguments to CFEXECUTE

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chris2oz - 30 Jan 2006 07:06 GMT

/usr/bin/find /filepath -type f -name '*.cfm*' -exec grep -i -l ' ' {} \; works
in unix.

Why doesn't the following work in cf:

<cfexecute name="/usr/bin/find" arguments="/filepath -type f -name '*.cfm*'
-exec grep -i -l ' ' {} \;" timeout="60">
</cfexecute>

Thanks.

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La Fougere - 30 Jan 2006 17:02 GMT

According to the doc cfexecutes takes the argument string as an array delimited
by spaces. You could enclose the whole argument string in quotes or pass the
arguments as part of the command.

Try those:

<cfexecute name=" /usr/bin/find /filepath -type f -name '*.cfm*' -exec grep -i
-l ' ' {} \;">

<cfexecute name="/usr/bin/find" arguments="#chr(34)#/filepath -type f -name
'*.cfm*' -exec grep -i -l ' ' {} \;#chr(34)#">

I can't test it from here so a little tweaking might be necessary.

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chris2oz - 30 Jan 2006 23:25 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried passing the arguments in the name and
numerous quote arrangements to no avail. Just in case, I added "/usr/bin/" to
the grep. Again, it works at the command line but not in a cfexecute tag, which
gives no output.

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chris2oz - 30 Jan 2006 23:54 GMT

Ok. I think I've isolated the problem down to the single quotes. The following
works:

<cfexecute name="/usr/bin/find" arguments="/filepath -type f -name *.cfm*"
timeout="60">

How can I escape the single quotes? I've tried two single quotes.

Thanks.

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