How do I include a pipe | in my linux find -exec command?

Question

This isn\'t working. Can this be done in find? Or do I need to xargs?

find -name \'file_*\' -follow -type f -exec zcat {} \\| agrep -dEOE \'grep\' \\;
         


        

Answer 1

If you are looking for a simple alternative, this can be done using a loop:

for i in $(find -name 'file_*' -follow -type f); do
  zcat $i | agrep -dEOE 'grep'
done

or, more general and easy to understand form:

for i in $(YOUR_FIND_COMMAND); do
  YOUR_EXEC_COMMAND_AND_PIPES
done

and replace any {} by $i in YOUR_EXEC_COMMAND_AND_PIPES