How to execute more than one command with find -exec?

From: Cheng Mo (mo.cheng_at_nospam.nospam)
Date: 11/18/04

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    The scenario is:
    In folder XXX there are lots of *.gif files. Those *.gif files whose
    filename don't appear in file abc.txt should be deleted. I want to do
    this job in one line command.
    find XXX -name "*.gif" -exec ........... \;
    But I don't know how to write the part of ..............

    I tried
    find XXX -name "*.gif" -exec grep {} abc.txt || rm {} \;
    But it seems -exec don't take behind as a combination of two commands.
    Anybody can tell me how to execute more than one command with find -exec?
    Thanks

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