Issue Title: `find` Command Fails: Incorrect `-exec` Argument Syntax

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Jun 6, 2025 by mattgodbolt Closed Jan 6, 2026

Bug Description
Very commonly Claude tries to use the -exec argument to find but always fails: ● Bash(find /home/matthew/dev/ce/compiler-explorer-3/static/styles/themes -name ".scss" -exec grep -l "ts-wrapper\|ts-control\|dropdown.arrow\|caret\|border-width.*5…)
⎿  Error: find: missing argument to `-exec'

Environment Info

  • Platform: linux
  • Terminal: gnome-terminal
  • Version: 1.0.16
  • Feedback ID: 6ffa4917-4c5b-44a9-95bb-7a0f1acc8d1e

Errors

[{"error":"MCPContentTooLargeError: MCP tool \"search_issues\" response (39106 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use pagination, filtering, or limit parameters to reduce the response size.\n    at ns1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1376:7798)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async hX2 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1376:12473)\n    at async Object.call (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1376:8729)\n    at async nZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:19170)\n    at async JK1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:17756)\n    at async GK1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1890:775)\n    at async iZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:16918)\n    at async pZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:16403)\n    at async UO (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:15456)","timestamp":"2025-06-06T18:02:56.983Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at Vw.makeRequest (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1353:3784)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-06-06T18:03:17.165Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at No._createMessage (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1344:6810)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-06-06T18:03:54.106Z"},{"error":"MCPContentTooLargeError: MCP tool \"search_issues\" response (37979 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use pagination, filtering, or limit parameters to reduce the response size.\n    at ns1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1376:7798)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async hX2 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1376:12473)\n    at async Object.call (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1376:8729)\n    at async nZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:19170)\n    at async JK1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:17756)\n    at async GK1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1890:775)\n    at async iZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:16918)\n    at async pZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:16403)\n    at async UO (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:15456)","timestamp":"2025-06-06T18:05:10.163Z"},{"error":"ShellError: Shell command failed\n    at Object.call (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1573:1326)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async nZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:19170)\n    at async JK1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:17756)\n    at async lZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:16798)\n    at async pZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:16427)\n    at async UO (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:15456)\n    at async UO (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:16282)\n    at async UO (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:16282)\n    at async YB (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2342:2112)","timestamp":"2025-06-06T19:28:07.930Z"},{"error":"ShellError: Shell command failed\n    at Object.call (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1573:1326)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async nZ5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:19170)\n    at async JK1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1896:17756)\n    at async lZ5 (file:///usr/l

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