[bug #33459] Find -exec not working correctly with binary matching

[Eric Blake]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #33459 (project findutils):


find . -name test1 -or -name test2 -exec echo {} ;
find . -name test1 -or -name test2 -print


are identical to:


find . -name test1 -or ( -name test2 -exec echo {} ; )
find . -name test1 -or ( -name test2 -print )


while


find . -name test1 -or -name test2


is identical to:


find . ( -name test1 -or -name test2 ) -print


Notice that the absence of -print or -exec results in implicit () around the
rest of the expressions.

but the first 2 commands give the following output
./test2
the last command outputs properly with
./test1
./test2 

In all three commands, the results you saw are correct.  I think the only bug
here is that you misunderstood how the implicit -print also implies (), which
changes precedence on the rest of the line.


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