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bash find shell

Can someone help me understand I'm updating my dependencies and Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy. I'm encountering an issue with the `find` command in bash when trying to execute a command on files with special characters in their names. Specifically, I need to use `find` to locate files and then execute a script on each of them. However, when filenames include spaces or special characters like `&` or `#`, the command fails or doesn't behave as expected. Here's the command I'm currently using: ```bash find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*.txt' -exec /path/to/script.sh {} \; ``` The script is fairly simple and just prints the filename. However, when it encounters a filename like `file with space.txt` or `file&special#.txt`, it seems to break. I get the following error messages: ``` sh: /path/to/script.sh: No such file or directory ``` I've tried escaping the special characters in the filenames, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem. Additionally, I tested the script independently with these filenames, and it works correctly. I'm unsure why `find` is causing this issue. I also attempted using `-print0` with `xargs` like this: ```bash find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*.txt' -print0 | xargs -0 /path/to/script.sh ``` But this still results in the same error when special characters are involved. I'm running Bash version 5.1 on Ubuntu 20.04. Any suggestions on how to handle these filenames correctly would be greatly appreciated! I'm working on a CLI tool that needs to handle this. What's the correct way to implement this? Is there a simpler solution I'm overlooking? I'm working on a REST API that needs to handle this. Thanks, I really appreciate it!