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  • possible duplicate of How to run find -exec? Commented Jul 30, 2015 at 22:45
  • Please edit your question and give us a specific example. Of course it's possible, just run a tool with regex capabilities inside the -exec. We can't help you do it if you don't explain what you need though. Commented Jul 30, 2015 at 22:57
  • You can find inspiration here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/139331/… Commented Jul 30, 2015 at 23:14