Unix find command, what are the {} and \; for?

Question

With this set of commands, what are the {} and \\; characters for?

find . -name \'*.clj\' -exec grep -r resources {} \\;
         


        

Answer 1

In find, the -exec parameter grabs the rest of the parameters up til the ; (semicolon) which has to be escaped, hence the \;. Within this span, {} is replaced with the filename being inspected.