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    The mixed slashes might confuse it, particularly in the -exec case. Commented Sep 18, 2016 at 14:50
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    Depending on what you meant to do, you may want to add one set of quoted parentheses "(" and ")" around the sequence of -name ... -o -name ... conditions. Commented Sep 18, 2016 at 15:01
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    @ThomasDickey No, Cygwin tools treat backslashes like slashes, and have no problem with -exec. Commented Sep 18, 2016 at 22:26
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    You do know that you can use forward slashes, Unix style, with Cygwin? So instead of C:\\path\\to\\Pictures\\pmcctv you could use /cygdrive/c/path/to/Pictures/pmcctv. Commented Sep 18, 2016 at 22:49