Re: [bug #18430] Problem with solving '{}' brackets

[James Youngman]

On 12/3/06, Bob Proulx <address@hidden> wrote:
> James Youngman wrote:
> > While "-exec sh ..."  would change this behaviour, don't do that as it is
> > very insecure.
>
> Insecure?  In what way?
>
> I envision something like this:
>
>   find . -name "foo*" -exec sh -c "file {} >{}.tmp" \;
[...]
> What problem should I be aware of in the above?

touch '/tmp/foo; echo foo: empty; rm -rf $HOME'

James.