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Re: grep {} \;

I assume you know the rest of the command but:"Find all files in /usr/share/doc and execute egrep (with various parameters) for all files, but return only the 100th character. "The "{}" means all files from the find command (think ...

I assume you know the rest of the command but:
"Find all files in /usr/share/doc and execute egrep (with various parameters) for all files, but return only the 100th character. "

The "{}" means all files from the find command (think of it as a variable or an array/collection containing the return from the "find" command)
while the /; is the command terminator with an escape character "\" to stop it from being interpreted as part of the command.