xargs still nok?

zzapper david@tvis.co.uk
Thu Sep 8 15:38:00 GMT 2005


On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:50:38 +0000,  wrote:

>> 
thnx everybody for xargs tutorial (bit of a strange beast xargs!).
Here's the crux of the matter ISFAIUI

if you want to pipe the o/p of find then xargs will 'regulate' the flow of filenames

if you use the -exec method that is inherently on a per file basis so does not require xargs but
with a speed penalty for a large number of files


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