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Re: xargs still nok?
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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