[Bug 366665] Re: find wont use .bashrc alias

[Stefan Wagner]

The -exec param of find is executed by find, not by the bash, and find
doesn't look into your aliases. This is expected behaviour. Find won't
neither execute bash functions. And it does not allow redirection like
such:

<code>
$ find -exec ls {} > /dev/null \;
<code>

You have to invoke bash as a login shell (-l) and set the shell option
"expand aliases". Read "man bash", especially section ALIASES, for
further insights.

<code>
$ find -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec bash -l -O expand_aliases -c "mp3gainB {}" ";"
</code>

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Title:
  find wont use .bashrc alias

Status in findutils:
  New
Status in findutils package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: findutils

  i created this alias:
  alias mp3gainB='mp3gain -r -k -t -p -s r'
  then tried to run
  $ find -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec mp3gainB {} \;
  but it failed
  running 
  $ find -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec mp3gain -r -k -t -p -s r {} \;
  works as expected

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Dependencies:
   libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4
   gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
   findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4
   libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: findutils
  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-12-generic x86_64

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