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teknomage1 · 12-17-2007, 09:15 PM

I love xargs. It's like the unix supertool. If you have any filenames with spaces though it can confuse xargs so it's often better to do.

Code:

find <conditions> -print0 |xargs -0 <command>

The print0 separates the find output with null characters and the -0 (a numeric zero not a capital O) option on xargs tells it to split on nulls.

12-17-2007, 09:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
teknomage1 Jack of all trades Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 595	I love xargs. It's like the unix supertool. If you have any filenames with spaces though it can confuse xargs so it's often better to do. Code: find <conditions> -print0 \|xargs -0 <command> The print0 separates the find output with null characters and the -0 (a numeric zero not a capital O) option on xargs tells it to split on nulls. __________________ Stop intellectual property from infringing on me