Re: Modified Date Problem - How to change modified date of many files?

"Dave Uhring" <daveuhring@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.06.26.03.02.34.634559@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:35:56 -0700, ISOHaven wrote:

sh-2.04# find / -type f -mtime +7305 -print0 | xargs --null touch -m
sh: xargs: command not found

xargs should have been included with the rest of the GNU fileutils, but
since it's not:

# find / -type f -mtime +7305 -exec touch -m {} \;


I typed this in and hit enter then the cursor went to the next line (blank)
and is just sitting there. Would it be doing something? I no longer have a
prompt.


.

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