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What does this strange construction “{} ;” means?

Why do we use this strange construction {} ; in linux terminal for exec command? For example,

find . -type f -name *.jpeg -exec rm {} ;

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Looking for info I found this post in AskUbuntu which I think is family from StackOverflow where an User ask the same as you.

Link

Hope It is useful.

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