Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:55:43 -0600 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: script help Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20110215095543.018c2ac8@sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20110215145335.5f666400@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <AANLkTi=3ngyVR38-tCjcMKxOpNNSN6Qo2uiJE7y4qpDD@mail.gmail.com> <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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At 02:53 PM 2/15/2011 +0000, RW wrote: >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 ... > > Forgot to mention: if the string to replace on the text line of the files includes a connecting dash, like 1988-2010, I suppose rather than using just the "2010/2011" perhaps should be "1988-2010/1988-2011" Jack (^_^) Happy trails, Jack L. Stone System Admin Sage-american
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