<![CDATA[Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted]]>I have an event command which works if submitted direct to the command line but comes up with an error when run as an triggered event

find /usr/local/tomcat/logs/ -type f -name "*" -mtime +5 -exec rm -f "{}" ;

WARN 2010-09-13 00:00:00 (com.serotonin.mango.rt.maint.work.ProcessWorkItem.execute:85) - Process error: 'find: missing argument to '-exec'
'

note the additional single inverted comma on the second line.

Have I missed any quoting on my unix command

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/topic/514/event-unix-command-do-i-need-special-characters-quotedRSS for NodeWed, 15 Jul 2026 04:57:26 GMTMon, 13 Sep 2010 15:32:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:33:40 GMT]]>Hi all

I have found a work around - not sure why this works but it does

Mango runs as root and when I run the command

find /usr/local/tomcat/logs/ -type f -name * -mtime +5 -exec rm -f {} ;

I get the error mentioned

but when I run it as my user ("francis")

sudo -u francis find /usr/local/tomcat/logs/ -type f -name * -mtime +5 -exec rm -f {} ;

then this works

it must be something to do with privileges etc - but I do not know why

Francis

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4532https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4532Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:33:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:58:46 GMT]]>Try removing /usr/local/tomcat/.

In my experience when Mango runs a command line it does it as the tomcat user which it's home directory is tomcat so I think it would work as this

find logs/ -type f -name * -mtime +5 -exec rm -f {} ;

I haven't tried it but it might help.

Joel.

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4360https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4360Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:58:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:22:54 GMT]]>This works for me:

find /usr/local/tomcat/logs/ -type f -name * -mtime +5 -exec rm -f {} ;

I.e. take out the dquotes and the ''.

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4356https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4356Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:22:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:59:57 GMT]]>Nope - none of the above worked

Need to have a further play - convinced its a quoting type problem - but if any one can get it to work please let me know

Francis

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4332https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4332Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:59:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:48:17 GMT]]>No idea whether this will work, but maybe try a "\" instead of ""?

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4298https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4298Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:48:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:18:08 GMT]]>I don't see any unusually-named files in that listing, which was my first guess. I can reproduce the error message by embedding a carriage return in the command immediately before the ;. For example:

$ find . -type "*" -exec ls -l "{}"^M;
find: missing argument to '-exec'

(I inserted the ^M by typing ctrl-V<CR>.) So my next guess is that you have a hidden carriage return or non-printable character in the command itself.

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4297https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4297Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:18:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:09:28 GMT]]>Steve - thanks - this is what I have

francis@automaiton1:~$ ls /usr/local/tomcat/logs/
catalina.2010-09-11.log catalina.out.8 mango.log2010-09-05
catalina.2010-09-12.log catalina.out.9 mango.log2010-09-06
catalina.out host-manager.2010-09-11.log mango.log2010-09-07
catalina.out.1 host-manager.2010-09-12.log mango.log2010-09-08
catalina.out.2 localhost.2010-09-11.log mango.log2010-09-09
catalina.out.3 localhost.2010-09-12.log mango.log2010-09-10
catalina.out.4 localhost.2010-09-13.log mango.log2010-09-11
catalina.out.5 manager.2010-09-11.log mango.log2010-09-12
catalina.out.6 manager.2010-09-12.log
catalina.out.7 mango.log

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4294https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4294Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:09:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Event unix command - do I need special characters quoted on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:55:48 GMT]]>I believe that apostrophe on the second line matches the one on the first line before the word "find":

...Process error: 'find: missing argument to '-exec'
^
What does the contents of the directory look like (ls or ls -l)?

]]>https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4293https://forum.mango-os.com/post/4293Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:55:48 GMT