Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:53:35 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: script help Message-ID: <20110215145335.5f666400@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=3ngyVR38-tCjcMKxOpNNSN6Qo2uiJE7y4qpDD@mail.gmail.com> References: <3.0.1.32.20110214163437.019167e0@sage-american.com> <AANLkTinJn7=BMwCvRyEUoNQz-fR4%2BacHmiQovfuZ%2B69G@mail.gmail.com> <12e28896cd5.6574638108640039636.4001582758217268039@zoho.com> <AANLkTi=3ngyVR38-tCjcMKxOpNNSN6Qo2uiJE7y4qpDD@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:57:12 +0300 Peter Andreev <andreev.peter@gmail.com> wrote: > Use of "xargs" on many files will be much faster than "find...exec" > construction This is a surprisingly common myth. exec can pass single or multiple arguments according to whether you use ";" or "+" > > find / -type f -name copyright.htm | xargs sed -i .bak -e > 's/2010/2011/g' This is much less safe on FreeBSD than it is with the GNU versions because print0 is required for paths with spaces. find ... -print0 | xargs -0 ...
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