Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 00:22:43 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Parv <parv@pair.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: long string using find and "-exec ls -ls" to find part-of filename Message-ID: <20140701002243.2b789c3e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140630214506.GA1606@holstein.holy.cow> References: <20140630045605.GA11147@ethic.thought.org> <53B0EFF2.80205@calorieking.com> <CA%2Bg%2BBvg1=o71ObOpbh4ry-=unj2HOjjmcQHX1DOeAfwyhLu=QQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140630053004.GB16901@ethic.thought.org> <CA%2Bg%2BBvh%2BDk0iYCjbGKVt59-nfDoCFQ6qmArrJu7ueaT7VzDi1g@mail.gmail.com> <20140630064044.GA25085@ethic.thought.org> <20140630230316.44ec3257.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140630214506.GA1606@holstein.holy.cow>
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:45:06 -1000, Parv wrote: > in message <20140630230316.44ec3257.freebsd@edvax.de>, > wrote Polytropon thusly... > > > > On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:40:44 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > ANYWAY, the thing learned tonight is that it's *XARGS* <cmd> > > > instead of -exec abcfubarCmd. > > > > Allow me to add one little reminder: > > > > When using xargs, usually _one_ program will be executed > > with a command line containing _all_ results of the find > > command. If you want to run a program on _each_ of the > > results, this is the typical sh solution: > > > > find ... | while read F; do > > somecommand $F > > done > ... > > If only one command to be run for each file, then xargs can be used > with "-n" option to specify "the maximum number of arguments taken > from standard input for each invocation" ... > > find ... | xargs -n 1 command ... This works! After reading "man xargs" I have re-instantiated my memory about this feature. Thanks for the reminder! :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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