xargs still nok?

Eric Blake ericblake@comcast.net
Thu Sep 8 16:27:00 GMT 2005


> 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

You missed a point - the relatively new POSIX-mandated find
`-exec utility {} +' form does the same thing as basic xargs, and
with one less process, so it is even faster than piping find to xargs.

--
Eric Blake



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